This last weekend included more Christmas dinners and get-togethers. It actually was nice having last week "off" and the busyness confined to the weekends. It helped in terms of a certain someone having her naptime restored, that is. :o) (I wish I were talking about me, but alas...)
On Saturday, the 3rd, we gathered with my mom's side of the family at my parent's place--all 29 of us (and that wasn't everyone). We had delicious pulled pork sandwiches along with other yummy things, lots of conversations, the great-grandkids running around, and a "now you have it--now you don't" gift exchange. Pete and I ended up with a huge chocolate bar, a car air freshener, and 7 pair of black socks, all labeled with a day of the week! HA HA
On Sunday we had our immediate Stauffer family Christmas. Ryan and Sarah were in from Philly, Joe's family was finally all healthy and back to their normal rambunctious selves, and once more Dad and Mom had a hoppin' household. Roast beef, cheesy mashed potatoes, "succatash" (baby limas and corn), homemade applesauce, Christmas cookies...YUM!
We figured the kids weren't going to nap with the prospect of gifts looming, so we worked off our lunch with our traditional name exchange and extricating the kids toys from their packaging. Are all of those wires, zipties and tape strips REALLY that necessary? :oP
After it was all over and the paper trash was cleared away, the kids settled down to watch Morgan's new Strawberry Shortcake DVD.
Their eyes look alittle glazed over from the lack of sleep and excitement, wouldn't you say? HA HA
Natalia, of course, had some funny one-liners in the midst of it all. She was overheard sometime in the course of the afternoon talking about pictures that she was going to put on her "bwog"--she had gotten a Vtech play laptop computer from Grandma and Grandpa and was furiously typing away!
What a girl!
1 comment:
Sounds like lots of yumminess and fun.
Love watching Natalia snuggle up to Morgan...too cute!
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