We continued our whirlwind trip of Christmas fun with a visit with Jon’s Mom to celebrate Christmas-New Year’s. :)
When we arrived on Friday afternoon, Eli tried to teach Grandma Amanda to play Mario while Matea charmed Uncle Jeremy by playing peek-a-boo and wanting to get thrown up in the air nice and high. Which, since Uncle Jeremy is the tallest person we know, is pretty high. :) She LOVED that game.
Peek . . .
a-boo!
Good thing Uncle Jeremy works out, because I could do this all night!
Saturday morning we opened stockings and gifts. Inside their stockings, the kids found candy dots on paper (that’s a throwback to my childhood!), Froot Loops/Apple Jacks, Easy Mac, a stuffed monkey ornament, candy canes, and stickers. Grandpa Terry knows what kids like, that’s for sure. Eli thought his stocking was awesome! Matea loved the Apple Jacks and, knowing this was a rare treat, promptly ran behind the chair to eat them all.
Checking out the stocking haul.
Eating my loot before Mom takes it away!
Matea, who loves to cuddle animals and blankies, loved her new puppies, monkey, and baby doll. She prefers to sleep with them all in her crib with her if she can. She still has much to learn about baby care though, as she likes to throw, sit on, and stick candy canes in the eyes of her baby. :)
Lovin’ my new cuddle buddies!
You feed a baby candy canes through the eyes, right?
See, this doesn’t hurt . . . much. 
Eli continued his gaming Christmas by getting Sequence for Kids, which he totally dominates us at even you’d think we’d be able to outsmart him. Eli also got a new toy trumpet with valves and everything (one too many valves than a real trumpet, but it’s all good). So Eli is well on the way to becoming another trumpet player in a long line of trumpet players, including Jon, Grandma Amanda, and Great-Grandma Corinne!
Sequence! I’m going to OWN you guys!
A trumpet of my own!
Matea kept trying to get Santa to play.
Matea got the general idea of how to play.
On Saturday night we were able to visit Jon’s Aunt Laurie’s for a wonderful Christmas dinner as well, which gave us an excuse to dress up the kids. :) The kids loved Aunt Laurie’s collection of musical instruments (she’s the director of music for a school district and an incredible musician herself), and the giant stuffed gorilla in the living room when they arrived. Spending time with family is one of my favorite things, and we had lots of family time this Christmas! What a wonderful time!
Matea and Grandma Amanda pose. At least one of them is smiling!
That gorilla was WAY bigger than Matea and she loved it!
Eli playing the “whatever that thing is”. :)
Dancing to the beat of the drums Daddy was playing.
About to ring the gong *loudly* for dinner.
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