Every Christmas, we spend the afternoon and evening with some of our favorite family friends. Danette, Chris & Blayne come over, along with Kay & Richard and Todd, Nicole and Carly. Of course, we indulge in a huge feast and drink a glass of wine or two. It’s been this way for as long as I can remember and now that we’re not the kids anymore, it’s fun to watch the new kids get all geared up about their new toys.
The big girls, Blayne & Carly are so good with Claire and love teaching her how to use her new toys. If this isn’t just precious…
Back in the old days {or up until last year,} we all exchanged gifts with each other but this year we decided that we only need to do cross-family gifts for the kids. It’s more fun to watch them anyway. Of course, Blayne & Carly got very similar items from each of us, since they’re cousins and play together so much, but Blayne got one extra special gift from Molly and I. Remember the time Chris got caught posing with a snuggly teddy bear?!?!
We decided to pull a little prank on him with the use of Blayne. I mean, since she does love her daddy beary much! and all….
Needless to say, she was not impressed with the gift. I think we made her think that she was getting some special present {ok, I don’t think, I know – since we made a public announcement} and she was disappointed when it was all a joke. Molly and I had then had to make it up to her with a special big girls’ day out, sans her mom. Pedicures and manicures, don’t mind if we do!
Hahahahhahaha – I’m freaking awesome! I wonder if Blayne will ever wear that shirt? Molly and I thought she’d actually be proud to wear her daddy on her shirt, but we were wrong! Clearly, we don’t have kids…
After our Christmas with that crew was over, Daddy and I headed to the Griswalds Regenscheid’s for their annual Christmas Night Gathering. I loved that it was low-key and most of the people who showed up were our friends! Loved having a little extra Zuber time before they went back to PHX. We had way too much ‘fun’ as we were later informed by the boys.
Casey and I cuddled and enjoyed some much-needed vino while Robyn did…
…well, Robyn did what she does best!
I’d definitely say this was the perfect nightcap to an amazing Christmas day!
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