Christmas in PV

We flew back to Vallarta on New Year's Eve morning - left Milwaukee at 5:30 am and were home around 2:30 pm. We had planned to have our own little Christmas celebration at home with Michelle who was flying in later that day and open some presents that we bought for Soph in Mexico and didn't want to bring all the way home to Wisconsin! So we rushed home, flew to the grocery store, did some on-the-fly cooking and then settled down around the tree for snacks, a late Christmas and fun!

Soph was quite a helper (as usual) in the kitchen! First helping to grate the cheese.


Then deciding it would just be easier to eat the cheese whole.


And when the taco dip base was spread, well, her little hands were busy.


Anyone notice a couple finger marks?



Once Michelle arrived, we snacked and opened presents.

Then Soph opened more presents.



Then she opened her adorable plastic kitchen - about half her size - but in approximately 30 parts and 20 stickers to assemble. Goodness, do these people not realize we had slept 4 hours, flown through 2 countries, driven home, cooked and only now we learn we need to assemble as well?
So I take a try - going right for the booklet of instructions.


I failed. Pablo took a stab at it sans instructions.


He failed.
The kitchen remained in parts and we distracted Soph with her brand new bike!!!





And so we spent New Year's Eve, celebrating a late Christmas with our little Mexico family and in bed waaay before midnight!

The next morning, we played and played.

After a complete night's rest, the kitchen pieces magically snapped together and we played kitchen.


We played more kitchen.


And more kitchen.



And so went our New Year's Day. Kitchen, kitchen, kitchen.

For those of you who missed my Christmas in Wisconsin blog (due to my silly blogging ways, go here.)