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The gifts . . .just keep coming!

My children are officially SPOILED! Thank you to each & every one of you who have contributed to their extra fun & sugary Christmas celebration - I am starting thank you notes tonight. We have had an abundance of family time & are loving having SuperDaddy home a little extra these days.
We took a QUICK trip to TN to see my extended family & loved us some chocolate syrup on our biscuits & tackling Uncle Bill on an air mattress. We came home in time to clean the house & prep for Christmas Eve.
No worries - we got a trampoline! AND of course LEgos & ANOTHER American Girl doll b/c 1 was never enough. We got games! We are obsessed with playing games & if you ever want to blackmail me you can find Poppy's picture of me playing TWISTER - hey, I lasted about 30 minutes. We got real aluminum bats - can you believe my boys are old enough to get bats? We got pj's & once more Cousin Lisa wins for the toys with the most pieces.
P.S. Cousin Lisa also brought silly string to a slumber party = FUN!
We have had at least 5 rounds of opening gifts.
We are still enjoying the St.Louis cousins for a few more days. I have the easy job of being in charge of the boys - Mimi is handling the girls.
I will upload pics soon & better hurry to get the kiddos to bed if I can drag them away from Legos.
From this sleepy momma - Happy New Year!

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