little christmas eve

 

 at noon we all met at ferrara's to celebrate little christmas eve. it's been a few years since we've been able to do this.

 

my cookie plate . . and i still have one which i'll have now while i wrap a few presents.

 

 

morgan said it was the best strawberry tart.

 

cheesecake and canolis . . 

before leaving, i bought two small trays of tré coloré cookies to have when celebrating with my sister and her family on boxing day.

when we stepped outside the temperature had dropped from 50 to 28 degrees. it was cold and it was snowing.

the basilica of st. patrick's old cathedral . . 

we stopped at mcnally jackson bookstore on our way out. josh went home, korrina to work, chanda to rei to look at duffel bags and morgan to tj maxx . . while i continued to faicco's pork store, stopping on houston for this pic (and meeting up again with m and c). the walk home was bitter cold. (greg had left earlier to get back to work.)

pluto-under-the-tree

cricket has been busy this evening getting into the yarn bag and unwinding three balls, batting the ornaments and climbing the tree.