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Christmas #2

On Sunday we celebrated Christmas with Grandpa Kevin's family at Dana's cousin's and his wife's house. Many of those relatives hadn't met Clara yet, and it was nice to get together with everyone. All the relatives thought Clara looks like Auntie Christel. I can't argue with that. We played some games and ate a lot of good food!


One of the games the kids played was to try and open a gift with mittens on. Pretty humorous.

 The other kids' game was to tie a Kleenex box onto your backside and try to wiggle the bells out of the opening. I think Brynn won this round against Logan there.




This game involved everyone. We had to try and stick balloons into pantyhose or reindeer antlers. It was very difficult and our team lost...by a lot. :-)


Our team
 We do a gift exchange with the adults and between all the cousins' kids. Brynn received a scrapbooking kit and was so excited, she got to work on it right away when we got home.



I worked yesterday, but took the rest of the week off since everyone else was home, too. I told Brynn she had quite the life today and that she was living high on the hog. My sayings are always lost on her, though. Ha. "What hog?"


Roly poly Clara. She has found her feet now.


Such a big girl. She has been having fun checking out the activity center.

Comments

theweckerlys said…
I'm glad she likes the activity center! What a great picture of Brynn relaxing with her feet in the spa!
December 31, 2014 at 12:09 AM
carrington said…
Love the games! Brynn's hair is getting so long. It's so pretty. Lil Clara is not lil anymore - she's growing by leaps and bounds. Adorable!
December 31, 2014 at 7:25 PM
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