Siblings Party

Tonight Matt and Melissa hosted the annual Siblings Party at our house because they don't have a house of their own yet. (This is a tradition started by my mother's brothers and sister in which they meet the Saturday before Christmas at a siblings home, different each year, and play games, eat dinner, talk, and get to know one another again). We met on a snowy night to eat crepes, bacon, cocktail sausages, and fruit. We were treated to Beth Perri's famous caramel corn and enjoyed playing M & M relay races (boys verses girls, of course) and the "put the bean in the cup tied onto your head with chopsticks" game. After social games we divided up into groups to play The Train Game (European Edition) and Rummikub. Our children (who are not invited to attend) were watched by Doug and Andrea Ashton who played great games with them and fed them dinner and entertained them with holiday movies. P.S. Hot pink is the new Christmas color this year...along with mint green and coral, Amy informs me. (Laundry is on the back burner this crazy week).