Christmas in Pictures

 After driving for two days we decided that A needed some good old fashioned park time. Especially as it was a balmy 65 and beautiful! Lo and Behold! We ran into my cousins and their five kids, so we got to chat and catch up while the kids played. Here are some fun pictures around the park.

After the park we all went home for short siestas and went to Panera for our family gathering. Santa showed up and brought everyone gifts. A definitely wasn't so sure about him.

All the kids from the different families, well these are the kids of the kids in reality.

My niece and A

For Christmas Eve we visited my father. He has this door jam with everyone's height on it. So we added A's and here she is helping draw the line bolder. 

For Christmas Eve Dinner we went to Chris's cousin's house. She had it decked out fabulously and was also willing to help A unwrap gifts. A got this wonderful red puffy coat. She kept getting clothes and wanting to put the clothes on which is why she looks a little like a stuffed sausage here -- she had about four layers on under the coat, but had the have the coat on as well. We hadn't managed to find a good coat for A yet this winter so it is a great blessing that she got on for Christmas. Since we've had a lot of snow and wind the past couple of weeks I imagine it will come in handy the rest of the winter.

 We all know how helpful A is in the kitchen so here she is helping her uncle peel pearl onions for dinner one night. She didn't cry or anything!