Another holiday season has come to an end with wonderous gifts for all. Despite the rough schedule, Aron and Alyssa did wonderful for Christmas in Cleveland. Both sets of grandparents and great-grandmas doted on Aron and Alyssa. This year, Alyssa got her first Barbie, Aron got a bunch of toy cars from the movie Cars and we got a bunch of books. We even got a Hungry Hippos game which is fast appearing to be the new favorite game of choice. And after all the shredding of wrapping paper and excitement, we had a couple of tired Twinnies. At one point in time, we had a snoring contest between Grandpa V. and a small but powerful Lyssie. If it wasn't for all the noise, we would never have figured out that there were two in the bed. Any bets as to who won? (Hint, hint: It was the one that was about three feet tall.)
The holiday break has allowed us some time to unwind and relax a little bit. Alyssa let her hair down and even combed it, too. We also had a visit from Aquaman one day. On the coldest day, we had to put warm sleepers on the kids, which afterwards they insisted on a group picture. Nowadays, we often hear the two of them playing together very nicely. We even got to experience Alyssa comforting Aron when he got hurt. Sibling love is wonderful but is kind of not fun when they are fighting over the same toy.
