Holiday Mayhem with the Wimsatts

Since Ben put out a teaser for our next post, the dishes are (mostly) done, and Anika is napping, I guess this would be a prime time to start on the rest of our Christmas/New Years stories.  That way I can start posting current fun!

My brother, Billy, and his family came up the day after Christmas - complete with the Wolfhounds, which Peli and Bismarck were ecstatic over. 

Calvert is curled up next to the wood stove...yup, he's bigger than the stove...but he was toasty warm!

Anika was sufficiently fawned over and loved by her Aunt, Uncle and cousins:

Aunt Beth was awesome - Anika got lots of gas out thanks to her techniques!  (And I learned a little, too!)

Geneveive read to Anika - its a great book - lots of bright pictures that Anika likes to look at.

One of the best memories that I have from their visit is the images and comments related to

Tag-Team Baby Dressing by Teenagers! 

Check this photo series out:

The girls are huddled in close and discussing their mission - change the cloth diaper and put a new outfit on the baby...

The baby is stripped and the diaper is on.

Socks are on and outfit installation is in process....

Just adding the finishing touches...

And the finshed product!  Anika is screaming with delight from the huge amounts of fun she had with her cousins :-)
















Not all was baby time, of course - Ben and Billy got their game faces on, too.  Jenga Max was the game...and it was a blast!

Billy, Ben, and the girls all went snowmobile sledding, too - I'll see if I can get the video from Billy to post, but for now, just know that they had a blast, helmets were eventually worn, and they successfully exhausted all of the dogs :-)

Phew!  Onto the next round of visitors!