As a child, we remember the holidays being a time of joy, excitement, family and chaos. Everyone was shuffling around busily preparing food in the kitchen while it seemed like hundreds of children darted through legs playing chase or trying to get back a favorite toy a cousin had taken.
Holidays are always such an exciting time for kids and adults alike.
In our large family of five adult children, getting together with our kids can be a bit overwhelming. Especially for grandparents. It seems that Grandma spends the entire day darting here and there trying to head off a grandchild who has headed straight for the china hutch. It's fascinating to the little ones you see, they don't have all this fun, sparkly stuff at home to play with. Their toys don't make the same fun, crashing noise a glass vase does when it goes tumbling to the floor.