Robert’s family was not able to get together on Christmas, so they all got together on New Year’s Day. There was quite a bit of family all gathered together. Michael especially loves any kind of gatherings where there are more boys around. The poor kid is surrounded by girls at home.
Grandma has made each of her grandchildren a stocking that looks like a tractor. The first couple she made to look like real tractors in real tractor colors, but then the girls started to come along and now we have all kinds of colors for tractors. Rachel was especially excited to open her stocking, it’s the first year she really understood what was going on. She thought her bag of goodies was really cool. Each of the kids had a lot of fun.
Michael got the coolest little tool kit from his cousin. It came complete with vest, hard hat, tool belt, and tools. The tape measure even goes up to 10’ long.
With all of the new things that we got for Christmas, it’s time to go through what we have and get rid of some things. We’ve started to go through the toys, but I think Robert and I may need to go through them when the kids aren’t around. My New Year’s Resolution is to simplify. I don’t think we have a ton of activities going on to simplify, but we do have a lot of stuff and I want to simplify what we have in our house. The toys seem a good place to start, and then the clothes. We have way more clothes than we need, I think, but that’s a whole different post.
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Michael's present to Caleb was a hit, he was still excited and talking about it when we got home. He's been taking one of the kool-aid things to school with him almost every day to put in his water bottle.
I love late family gatherings..I think it's more fun because the stress is pretty much over.
Your kids are getting so big! Tractor stockings -that's such a great idea!
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