Christmas 2011 Week 1 December 29, 2011 It's another festive family starring in this 2011 holiday hit: "Christmas in Toronto! - Part IV" View fullsize And we're off to Toronto! Fine wining and dining in Executive First! View fullsize Glass of wine? This is more like a can of wine. View fullsize Mission #1: Get her hooked on the iPad. Check. View fullsize The ornament tree makes a re-appearance in Toronto. View fullsize A very festive living room on Euclid. View fullsize That mac-n-cheese must've been pretty funny. View fullsize Using his utmost concentration for the iPad. He hasn't thought this hard in a long time. View fullsize Now, trying out his undiscovered skills as a professional Citroen racer. View fullsize A creative lunch of rice noodles and shiitake. And funny faces. View fullsize The bomb of a birthday cake. View fullsize Present from -- can you guess where? View fullsize Egg salad sandwich on sesame egg bread. Delish! View fullsize Wow, is it that painfully good? View fullsize Why, it's hand-flappingly good! View fullsize This is not black-and-white, believe it or not. View fullsize Mission # 2: One Korean dinner. Check. View fullsize Cute coke bottles wait to be picked up for recycling. View fullsize These men have their mouths full of falafel! View fullsize Eating the middle eastern food, Japanese-style. View fullsize The great Christmas Eve spread. View fullsize The tree's looking nice and plump. With lots of gifts to watch over. View fullsize Sparkly ornaments in the setting winter sun. View fullsize How many guests were fooled into thinking that the Mexican balls were part of the artwork? View fullsize Father and son, enjoying the renovated room. View fullsize Too bad that room's burning down. View fullsize Annual cousins' shot - in descending order. View fullsize Whose kids are these? View fullsize Enjoying the presence of his eldest son? View fullsize Really creative vegetarian sushi! View fullsize Like father, like daughter -- equally blown out by the flash. View fullsize "Ah-ha-ha-ha. Look how I've worn pink every Christmas for the past 7 years." View fullsize "Why, it's me!" View fullsize A scrumptious plate of sweets. I'm still recovering. View fullsize Just grabbing some quick shut-eye. View fullsize Grandpa didn't get the memo: only greys and blacks allowed at holiday festivities. View fullsize "Woah! A really tiny plant!" View fullsize Which one am I, again? View fullsize Cute shirt from Bangkok. View fullsize A good one to wear babysitting. View fullsize Just like sisters. Except one is yellow. View fullsize Another Tomczak Christmas: an exciting evening of googling and yawning. View fullsize Mum's happy to have both her daughters back at her side! View fullsize Okay, that's it for the energy. It's bedtime for all three. View fullsize Do we qualify? View fullsize Enough yaa dom to last a nose a lifetime. View fullsize A traditional little Thai Christmas House. View fullsize Can you guess what's inside? View fullsize The Christmas gift of a lifetime. View fullsize Does he have a name yet??? View fullsize 5 little stockings, hung all in a row. These stockings, he'll grinch, will be the first things to go! View fullsize Sporting my Christmas Best for breakfast on the morning of the 25th. View fullsize Is Colby happy to see us? Hard to tell. View fullsize She's still not quite sure what to think. Excited? Indifferent? View fullsize He comes bearing gifts! View fullsize Granny leads us out of the Pines, in her festiveware, back to Chris's for Christmas dinner. View fullsize Taking a breather before heading downstairs. View fullsize Colby shows off one of her latest tricks. But -- is she excited about it? View fullsize Chris opens up her bright new shopping bag. Stylish! View fullsize Granny's amazed by the new quilt in the giant package. View fullsize Trying to hide from all this Christmas madness. View fullsize Granny opens her ever-resilient, all-weather cactus. View fullsize And the rickshaw made of a Thai beer can. View fullsize Colby's response to Chris's new dog calendar? "Meh." View fullsize Granny, won't you please share your orange with me? Please? View fullsize The annual Christmas Day drive out to the cottage. View fullsize Barely white this year! It's the first time in memory that we didn't have to throw ourselves over a snow bank to get inside. View fullsize But the snow that was falling was perfect for snowballs. View fullsize Here's the makings of a stir-fry dinner. View fullsize Is it really safe to stand on the ice? View fullsize This dog's out for some Christmas Day quiet time. View fullsize Favorable sledding conditions? Hardly! View fullsize What are they doing? View fullsize How festive. Pines and snow. View fullsize The table, all set for a proper holiday feast. View fullsize No no, Granny, that's not how you read a book. View fullsize Granny, can't I have some shortbread, too? PLEASE? View fullsize And then Granny realizes that Colby's parked herself there. Indifferently. View fullsize The Ye Olde Grande Christmastyme Buffet. (Complete with tofurkey.) View fullsize What a diverse spread. View fullsize A good test of bone strength. View fullsize Son-in-law abuse! View fullsize What a resemblance! View fullsize Red is in trend up in Bracebridge! View fullsize Colby's patience finally pays off. View fullsize The water may be flowing, but the view's still a winter one. View fullsize Wow. Does she feel sheepish or what? View fullsize The one time her expression changes -- to one of embarrassment. View fullsize Long-lost twins! View fullsize Movie of the season! Glad we could see it. View fullsize Dramatic striped sky over Bracebridge on Boxing Day. View fullsize Colby shows off her unbreakable attention! View fullsize This guy wasn't quite as unbreakable. View fullsize Shh. Don't tell Chris she got to join us for breakfast. (Oh, the things I'll do to win her affection.) View fullsize No, Chris, no! Don't put Christmas away! View fullsize The lights on the bridge are still visible in daylight. View fullsize And back to Toronto we go. View fullsize After one last stop for fine Bracebridge sushi. View fullsize Granny's way too excited to stop and look at the camera! View fullsize And these guys are enjoying what they're seeing across the table. View fullsize Trying to blend in with his environment. View fullsize The centerpiece of the AGO -- which we somehow missed last year. View fullsize Could sit and watch all day. View fullsize What creepy tree trunk carvings! View fullsize This ice was crystallizing right in front of our eyes. And made the clouds look like paint strokes. View fullsize I've been waiting all year for this (flavor). View fullsize Annual group shot! Although this year, we've added one!
