Cousins open their presents

The cousins opened their Christmas gifts on the afternoon of Christmas Eve.  As in past years, all of them volunteered to be elves--this time in mustache teeshirts and reindeer antlers.

 Here's a rear view of the elves.

This year, the presents from Gma and Gpappy had numbers, starting with

 #1 for Hannah (the oldest cousin) through #6 for Westy (the youngest cousin). 

"Busytown" is a great game for cousins! Hannah looks ready to play...

and so does Miles. 

Vivi showed a bit of concern over the sound of coins rattling 

in her new coin bank. 

Ethan looked especially "bright" wearing a new headband head lamp.

Owen had the package-opening technique under control. 

 Westy enjoyed modeling a Clump-o-Lump bee and frog combo.

For anyone unfamiliar with zip-apart Clump-o-Lumps, here are all six of them, with complimentary books for reading fun. The critters asked to pose together before they parted company to go live with the cousins.

And here's a pyramid of coin banks, waiting to be filled by cousins.

The afternoon was full of fun, excitement, 

wrapping paper, kisses, hugs, and thank-yous.

Don't forget to check the previous two entries for more pictures.