Had the day off to go to Omaha for the family Christmas with aunts, uncles, and cousins on my Mom's side Sunday. My aunt had ham and vegetables baking so we had a wait a while til all was done. My Des Moines sister and her family was there already. Baby niece danced around with the music like a ballerina. Soon more people arrived and we dug into the buffet. Next we chatted in the living room and my brother and sisters and parents exchanged gifts with my Nebraska sister. As I was picking up the wrapping paper I grabbed one of my nieces' presents and gave it to her. She said it wasn't hers. I wrapped their gifts so I know I put in them. Apparently my niece was feeling bad because her sisters got light up pens and she didn't. It was under the wrapping paper. Yes my nieces rip open presents in their piles and then can't remember whose stuff is whose and who gave it to them. In their going around the room thanking everyone for their presents, we have to remind what we gave them. At least they were separated when opening them this time so they didn't get confused which presents were theirs. I got a kitty lap blanket from my sister.
Anyway, one niece was given Kill Bill 1&2 from me and my sister shouted "Who gave Kill Bill, I said it was too violent!" I raised my hand. My defense was that niece is 20 and it was on her wish list. After the paper was tossed, my cousin got on the floor with my baby niece and growled like a bear. She ran away crying for mommy. My niece bounced my baby niece on her knees for a horsy ride. Baby niece wanted her to get on the floor to get on her back. I let her ride on my back about the room and since she doesn't hang on she falls off and doesn't want to ride anymore. My aunt went about the room offering stuff from her job that they give to the employees as a reward for being an employee. The stuff are things that didn't sell by a specific time frame. One thing was candles that are battery operated. My aunt said they didn't work. My brother took it apart and figured out the battery was put in backwards. Then they worked. The family discussed the big news of my niece's mock trial team going to the national competition in Delaware. My Mom asked if my brother-in-law was going too. My brother-in-law shouted from kitchen, Yes, leave the coach behind! He is a history teacher for the high school and coaches the mock trial team for the past 20 years and this is the first they won the state championship. My aunt asked if there was a international mock trial competition. My brother-in-law said that would be hard since other countries have very different laws and court systems, though a South Korea air base school and an Australian school was in last year's national competition.
Then a niece wanted to watch one of her new movies and I watched it with her, I never seen it before so she had to explain some of it. When it was over everybody started going home. When I got home we heard a scratching noise in the living room wall and the cats watched it constantly pawing where the noise was. We might have a mouse in our wall. Watched a Christmas movie and went to bed. Today got up, took cats out for their walk, and watched movies ever since. Merry Christmas Eve. The TV said Santa is in visiting Australia and moving across the Pacific. Santa already stuffed our stockings a couple weeks ago. Post later. Bye!
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