It was so fun to have lots of people there for Christmas! There was Grandma Hyer (who is getting older and having a hard time remembering things--often chaos is really hard for her but she did really well Christmas morning and I think she really liked watching the kids open their presents), Aunt Janell (who loves to spoil and our kids were the only ones there and only 2 of the four grand nieces and nephews) Grandma Evie and Grandpa Mike, Tio Dave and Tia Ale, and Andy and his dog and me. I think this might be our last Christmas being together on Christmas day and watching the kids and being with in-laws, but it was really fun that we could all be there. It will also be fun having multiple Christmases and making our own traditions as the kids alternate years.
Well, Caleb and Annika are the only grandkids on my side and only two of four on Andy's side. And the other cousins live in Wisconsin. That meant there were a lot of presents! I knew there would be. I even tried to tell myself not to buy anything because they would be getting a ton of presents at Christmas. But it's so hard! Andy found some cool and useful things for the kids (you saw the ski helmet and he also got the life-jacket) and Caleb LOVES his backpack and takes it with him everywhere! Annika loves the purse Grandma Evie got for her too. It came with keys, a phone, a wallet with a debit card, and a little toy lipstick. The lipstick has mysteriously disappeared, but the rest of the contents are constantly underfoot because she loves them. The kids got so many great toys. They also got some fun books and clothes. Last year we had a lot of presents too but Caleb still took turns and played a lot with each toy between opening presents. This year he plowed in! He just started opening present after present. After a while we needed to take a little time out from it all because it gave him a bit of an attitude and Annika was getting fussy too. So we sorta took a break part way through. Andy took a nap. The rest of us started opening presents again and Caleb began playing with some of his toys. After he got playing, it was hard to get him to open the last few. It was hard to get Annika to open anything--she just kept going around to see what was going on with Caleb and what he was opening. However, she did love that purse.
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