This picture of Harriet is pretty cute. She’s sitting on her Aunt Janna’s lap and looking at cousin Chloe. She’s really smiley and this picture really captures her look.
Luke LOVES Harriet. Even over Thanksgiving he would run over to her and pet and kiss her every time that she woke up from a nap. In this picture he is giving her one of his precious cuddles while his older sister Chloe holds her. Chloe wasn’t quite in the moment like Luke was.
Win and Harriet’s cousins LOVE visiting Grandpa Goose and Grandma Jan’s house. It’s like kid heaven. They have toys, a big bathtub, beds to jump on in the basement, a model train that chugs around the Christmas tree and usually plenty of cousins for playmates.Here’s Chloe focusing on giving color to a Hello Kitty book.
She got blue nail polish in her stocking. She was very careful with her nails all week-something that I have yet to learn how to do.
This is Ezra, the 5-year-old and oldest of the cousins. He is a real sweetie who loves to play with his 4-year-old sister Eden.
Kiah, who is almost a year older than Win, had fun making a little snowman and throwing snowballs.
Win and Luke had a battle of wits over Connect 4. I think that black player is winning.
It appears as if the Connect 4 needed a little bulldozing.
This rare image was taken by Grandpa Goose.
Every year, in celebration of Christmas Eve, Jared’s family gathers for a fondue feast. The menu is the same every year. This year we started dinner after all of the little kids were in bed. Boiling pots of oil and lots of young children don’t safely mix. We enjoyed sitting around the table laughing at the same stories that are told every year, like the time that Jared’s older brother Jamie spilled flaming plum pudding on Jared. We even called Jamie, who couldn’t make it for Christmas this year, on the telephone to give him the opportunity to deny the event (another yearly tradition). This picture captures some of the coziness of this yearly meal. 
Win and his cousins love watching Grandpa Goose run his model train in circles around the Christmas tree.
Win and Friend Lute seemed to find plenty of things to do over Christmas. Win loves to play with all of his cousins, but Luke has a special place in Win’s social life.Luke’s family left while Win was sleeping. The next morning we brought Win into the living room. He looked around and noticed the lack of commotion. With desperation and sadness he started calling out, “Lute? Luuuute?”
Sorry for the lack of posts this week. We’ve been celebrating Christmas with Jared’s family in Detroit. Harriet enjoyed taking a bottle from Jared’s Grandmother for her Christmas dinner.
