Weird But Very Nice

Abby as Chiaki Nanami
from Danganronpa 2

As my kids get older - and as we are safe at home for another however long - they long more for Things to Do, rather than Things to Have. Therefore, this was the Christmas of Art Supplies.

For Abby, just 18, this is almost any medium, but she prefers alcohol markers and colored pencils. Her sister even got her three plain white tees and a set of fabric paints, to aid in her other quarantine love... cosplaying her favorite anime characters. 

Black and purple rose
sculpture with pink "blood"

For Lizzy, 13, this is all about air-dry clay, acrylic paints, jewelry-making kits, and strings of tiny fairy lights. Or the occasional KiwiCo, Inc. product, as she has graduated from TinkerCrate to EurekaCrate. Mechanical engineering, color mixing, that sort of thing.

Oh, they got other gifts, too, and it was the sort of holiday where - presumably because we've been in one another's pockets since March - we just all did a really great job of choosing gifts for each other. My mother was absolutely delighted with a couple squeeze bottles of Dijonnaise, for instance, and I was just as excited having found them for her; they've been in short supply. Conversely, she got me hilarious Dr-Fauci-as-Superman socks. 

Dr. Fauci as Superman
knit sock

It was just the four of us, to stay as safe as possible, and we've been the same four since March, so it's as safe a bet as can be managed right now. Takeout Italian and 'Twas Reimagined on Christmas Eve, sweet rolls and stocking gifts Christmas Morning, smorgasbord/charcuterie and other gifts Christmas Afternoon. It was awesome.

Very very weird.

But awesome.