Coles Family: It's Christmas Time!

Christmas is always a busy time for us. We started off with the Coles Christmas in Ridgetown on the 21st. Alaina got to play with her cousins and Alivia crawled around and stole toys when no one was looking :) Lots of good food and spoiled people. We got together with Auntie Hope, Uncle Rob and Zach on the 23rd. Poor Zach wasn't feeling well so didn't get to play much. But Alivia had fun trying :) Christmas eve we started off with some tobogganing with Uncle Graham who was home from out west for the first time in 3 years. So yep, he got to meet the girls for the first time and Alaina loved him!! Then over to Uncle Gary's for more good food and spoiling :) That evening we did our annual movie night with mom after the kids are nestled in bed, then got ready for Santa. I kept the tree completely empty underneath so Alaina would be super excited in the morning. She got up and wasn't quite awake yet. Brandon covered her eyes, so I could get ready with video and she walked straight to her new vanity and started doing her hair without saying a word! lol Then we asked her if she wanted to do her stocking and other gifts. I'm hoping next year to get more excitement out of her now that she knows what to expect. Nan and Uncle graham came over just as we were finishing up and had our annual breakfast together. Then we got ready and headed over to Grandma Peggy's for more food and you guessed it, spoiling! lol The girls played with more cousins and showed those boys who's boss :P Alaina was asking for more gifts to open, it wasn't that she felt like she needed more, she just liked opening them, so we let her do all ours too. Then over to Grandpa Tom's for dinner and gifts, kids were spoiled in their bank accounts this time :) Then home to bed and unwind before heading to Grandpa Goetheyn's on boxing day. Alaina wrestled and beat Grandpa up and had a yes/no argument, which happens every visit! Whew, no where to put all the stuff!! Way too much for me to list, they got more then they needed for sure. We are really truly grateful and appreciate everyone's generosity!!! Needless to say, Alaina didn't ask for more presents after boxing day :P But after new years day when she woke up from her nap, she noticed mommy was busy and asked "where did Christmas go??" She was quite upset and wanted the tree and everything back. So I had to explain, it wasn't a permanent decoration, Santa only comes once a year. When we drove around the next few days, she noticed Christmas lights were gone outside too and didn't ask anymore. We got together with Kristy, Madelyn and baby Sophia, Timeka, Jr., Justin and Cyntasha just after the holidays too. Busy busy, but wouldn't want to change a thing, we are truly blessed and lucky to have so many wonderful people in our life! :) *picture warning, there's alot! lol