When I was little making tamales seemed like a lot of work. My Tita would instruct us making the rounds, yelling at us should we make a mistake. We had stations. The lowest job was separating the shells, the highest would put the meat in the tamales. I would usually do the lowest job with Kristina. There was one time we actually made it to the top... I'm not sure if there was anyone else there, so we snuck in. We were doing good until I was caught violating the 2 piece of meat rule. Faster than you could say tamale, we were done.
Now as an adult I realize there is a lot more work than I thought. I still refuse to do the shells... and the rest of the family refuses to let me do the meat. I can't say I've moved up, but made a lateral move. Anyhow we decided to make tamales. At first we got a very slow start... Too many chiefs, not enough Indians.
We were so bored that some people started eating Kristina's cookies from the night before. Aunt Sonia was eating them when Kristina picked up the plate and announced, "Eww... there's a trail of ants!" Aunt Sonia could not toss her cookies quick enough.
Once the recipe was perfect the tamale making went quick. Red chile, green chicken chile, and sweet tamales. Tita was still directing from her wheelchair. I am like 5th in line to be in charge, so I have a while before I have to pay attention to the recipe.
My kids did not want to partake in the tamale making and I'm sure the whole family was fine with that. They chose to play and hang out.
After tamales, we met up with my friend Vanessa's family to see the Christmas lights in FV. We got some hot chocolate and walked around. Everyone had a good time. Jeffrey had too much hot chocolate and had to make a pit stop
... in someone else's yard. The kids all 6 of them, had fun running around and looking at the lights.
... in someone else's yard. The kids all 6 of them, had fun running around and looking at the lights. 
The Borboa/Butt & Ponce/Kavanagh kids... In no particular order Trevor, Corey, Jacob, Mackenzie, Jeffrey, and Alexis
This was one of my favorite houses.
Loved that idea! Maybe we'l try it next year.
It was a great weekend ~ thanks for the memories!
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