It's the most wonderful time of the year...

and the busiest. Tonight is the first night in several days that I've actually been home and have put the kids to bed on time. Graham seems especially ready to be done partying. We had our Christmas bonanza at Grandma's house last Saturday and it was crazy as usual but also very fun. Marin got more toys than she knew what to do with and I've decided to hide most of them in the closet and bring them out slowly over the next few months.

We will be heading off to California this weekend and I'm looking forward to some down time after the craziness of this week. Jeremy and I have been strategizing about how to keep Marin occupied on the flight so we don't have a repeat of the madness that occurred last time we flew.

So, here's the whole family at Grandma's last weekend. The picture turned out pretty good considering that we were all squished and nobody knew exactly when the timer would tell the camera to shoot.

And here's Marin with yet another variation on a Dora toy. Pretty soon they're going to have Dora toilet paper. Seriously, it's kind of out of control!

Chillin' in the recliner for a bit with my man.

The, "Is This Really Necessary" pile-o-presents.