Our next celebration was FESTIVUS in Evanston. Actually, it was just a Christmas gathering that happened on the 23rd......but we decided to call it Festivus and have a little fun. We had the making of casseroles.......

The taking of naps......

The Festivus Pole! (Actually the roof snow-rake from our house)
Feats of strength ( Nora and Chris demonstrate how to control unruly kids at school)
The wearing of funny hats.....
The playing of PIT! ( a game everyone should experience at least once in their lives!)
And finally the reading of bedtime stories.
We had so much fun. It was a much later than usual return home for us (arriving at 10pm!) but absolutely worth it! Abby entertained us for the first 25 minutes of our ride home by singing whatever she could think of - trying to prevent herself from sleeping I think. Maggie and Katherine gave up as soon as the car started moving. It's always fun to spend day with family. Adding a holiday (real or not) made it even better!