Seibert Christmas- June.

We stayed at Uncle Kevin and Aunt Elizabeth's house. Henry insisted on sharing a room with Oliver or Natalie and Tessa. Once they settled down, they slept well, but it took a while to get them to settle down. The best part was that Uncle Kevin got the kids up and mama and papa got to sleep in.

The best part about Uncle Kevin's house is the big basement where you throw all the kids. The big kids played quietly for hours. These two were the trouble makers.
Aunt Jenni was feeling crazy and had an impulse to full the kids up with artificially-flavored goodness.
Tessa got the first shot of Reddi-Whip.
And the rest of the kids came in droves.
Natalie.
Annalise.
Oliver.
Henry.
I got put to bed before lunch because I'd spent the entire morning crying. The only way we survived the drive from Archbold was to play "Spaceman" by the Killers over and over until we arrived. It's the only song that makes me stop crying no matter what. Because I was such a grump, mama wouldn't let Aunt Jenni in the guest room to get her camera for fear of waking me up. Mama says it's payback for when Aunt Jenni wouldn't let mama in Evie's room when she was three months old and they'd driven up late at night to Minnesota to see her.
Seibert Christmas was a blur of ripping paper.
Oliver got a book about himself.
Annalise got a new craft (has she finished it yet, Aunt Jenni?).
Natalie got a BIG present.
Uncle Jim got a big box of puffed cheese products to get him through the long winter.
We all got helicopters from the Tallers. They are super fun, but got banned from the house when Grandma realized the blades were shaving the texture from the popcorn ceiling. But it really ran well in the barn.
Oliver got a funny pair of sandals from us and Tessa liked them so much she put them on.
Those funny little snails have stretchy antennas. Too bad you can't see the tails that light up when you walk.