For Christmas, we trekked across the plains and the midwest to head to Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin for 1.5 weeks. We took the girls with (of course) and had a relatively uneventful drive out. Girls behaved wonderfully, but we had to stop for me 9 times (one of those fun pregnancy benefits). My parents took the girls for the 5 days we spent at Dave's parents house.
It was just Dave and I with his parents for the first few days and we spent a lot of time playing a card came called "May I" and Dave and his dad hit the pool at the Y a few times. Brian, Ania, Jack (our nephew), and Caroline (our niece) made the trip down from MN late on Christmas Eve. We enjoyed playing with Jack and Caroline into the wee hours of Christmas Eve (I can't believe they weren't tired at nearly midnight!).
On Christmas morning, we enjoyed watching the kiddos open all their fun gifts. I think Jack most enjoyed his straw sticks which he made a neat rocket out of with the help of the boys. I think Caroline was most amused with the unwrapping of gifts-- and she was really good at it!
Caroline has grown so much since I had seen her in February and is as cute as can be! She figured out how to open doors and had a great time saying "hi" and "bye" as she would open and close them.
We ended the day with the traditional Shoemaker Christmas dinner to include ham, potato casserole, and green/red jello! It was yummy! We had a wonderful time with everyone and sure wish we got to see our nephew and niece more often!
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