Swenson Christmas

We spend the weekend after New Year's at the cottage, celebrating Swenson Christmas. The only thing we were missing was snow...but we had fun anyway!

Five boys in matching jammies with stockings

The bigger boys had these glasses in their stockings--they make Christmas lights look like they have stars or angels or snowflakes on them. Pretty cool!

Grammy and Benjy boy. Poor Ben didn't feel good for much of our time in Wisconsin. He pretty much slept, waking only to eat.

Helping Ben open his stocking

Christmas wouldn't be complete without a visit from Santa! He brought books for Jimmy and Ike.

Our boys were much more comfortable with this Santa than with the one in Kalamazoo.

Ed's new Packer-colored "Drink Wisconsinably" t-shirt

Jenn and Isaac

Working on legos with Uncle Pat

Reading books with Aunt Jenn Jenn

Cousins!

Sitting on Uncle Pat's shoulders

Christmas dinner; Jenn and Pat got the "date" seats at the counter

Buppa and Benjy

Dunkers with Buppa!

There's a happy Ben!

Yep--these were our holiday hunks!

Isaac showing off some hunk moves

We had the Johnny Jump-up hooked to a beam, so it didn't quite reach the floor. Instead the boys bounced on the coffee table. Isaac grabbed onto anyone who got within reach.

Perfectly content to bounce!

The kids' table. There was much negotiating over who got which color chair.

Ike's got a hold of me too!

Making Isaac laugh

Super Ike!

This is a tradition--every baby has had a bath in the laundry sink!

While we played Pictionary, Niki French braided our hair.

Bedtime in the Kid Cave!

We played a lot of Qwirkle--both with the kids and without.

While there wasn't much snow, there was plenty of ice. And it was slippery! 

Very slippery!

Not sure who was holding who up in this picture!

Sled rides on the ice

Our group of 11--6 adults and 5 grandsons!