A Little More on the 25th

Our family couldn't help milking the holiday revelry for all it's worth!  Here we are on Christmas Day still opening presents in defiance of the Nguyen's new gift exchange rules.  The kids presented me with their "Bedrock" music video spoof that depicted me as a wacky mom who chased her tail every single day.  The cleverly adapted lyrics made me laugh and cry at the same time.   Audrey also got me a set of sepia prints from photos she took of me a while back. 

  

 Sisters

Cousins

  Wacky mom and her paparazzi daughter



Lauren and her cousin Natasha both received sleepwear for Christmas.  I've found pretty pajamas and robes to be fail-proof presents for girls their age.  Lauren adored hers and wore a different set every day during Christmas break.



If you noticed, Audrey was showing off her present from Lauren – the Bacon Genie – in one of the photos.  It's supposed to make short work of cooking bacon, Audrey's favorite snack.  Unfortunately, I later came across a scathing review of this particular gadget on Amazon... LOL!

A Molten Plastic Mess

Used this product for the first time yesterday. Cooked 12 pieces of bacon beautifully. After breakfast, saw that we still had 4 pieces left over in the package, so put those in to cook (after draining the grease from the first batch). Three minutes into the cooking process, noticed a funny smell. Opened the microwave and the product had melted -- hole in the bottom, so grease is all over the microwave (luckily, we have a glass tray in the microwave, so it captured most of it). Went to remove the pieces of bacon from the rack and off came a string of plastic with one of the pieces where it had melted to the bacon!