We weren’t quite ready to give up on Christmas yet!  We finally made it over to Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa’s house for dinner and presents with them.

Ane’s tenth birthday landed in the middle of all the Christmas festivities – as it does every year – and the family all showed up to celebrate. We really didn’t go with a theme this year – she just picked some favorite colors and we went with it.  And cupcakes.  The girl loves cupcakes.

It was Boxing Day, and Nana and Papa drove up to celebrate Christmas with us.  Unfortunately, Thumper came down with a cold at the same time.  Not that you could really tell by his temperament – he was still quite a happy boy! The snot, coughing, and lack of sleep aside, he was quite happy!

There was no snow on the ground, so it was an uneventful drive to Grandma and Gichan’s house (with a quick stop on the way to pick up Obachan). Before there was any present opening (or food), we had to stop for a picture on the hearth, with all the stockings hanging over our heads.