When we were at Grandma Barb’s on Sunday, Aunt Lisa, Uncle Ron, RJ, Harley and Atira came over for brunch. It’s been a long time since we saw them but I hadn’t realized how long until they gave Reid and me Christmas presents. Reid got a Love-a-lot Care Bear (or I think that’s what the pink one with hearts is called). She loves it muchly. When we got home, Reid insisted it needed a diaper and it has been to bed with her every night (she even asks for it if she wakes in the night, a first for Reid), to daycare several times and is generally close to where Reid is. What a good present! I would have said that Reid doesn’t need more stuffies but apparently this *one* was needed.

It makes me think what a nice weekend we had. We had the chance to have Grandma and Grandpa to ourselves on Saturday and also the opportunity to see the others on Sunday especially since Reid is big into cousins right now. Sometimes I’m tempted to invite everyone to join us for everything, whether we’re with Ken’s family or mine. Often we end up feeling like outsiders since we don’t know, or barely remember, the people everyone else is talking about. A mix of small and large group time works much better.