I LOVE being a part of a large family!  I am one of 7 siblings, five girls and two boys (now, of course, women and men).  And we all have children and some of us have grandchildren.

Several days before Christmas my sister Carol and her family visited my Mother.  And Carol's three granddaughters helped me make some <a title="Family Christmas Traditions: Chocolate-Caramel Pretzel Treats" href="http://motherhoodstress.com/2011/12/21/family-christmas-traditions-chocolate-caramel-pretzel-treats/">Christmas Pretzel treats.</a>

[caption id="attachment_964" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Even Evey, who is not quite 2 years old, unwrapped the kisses and put them on top of the pretzels. And if she missed the pretzel, the other girls helped her get it right."]<a href="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/LilySophieEvey.jpg"><img class=" wp-image-964 " title="LilySophieEvey" src="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/LilySophieEvey.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="299" /></a>[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_962" align="aligncenter" width="479" caption="Such concentration!"]<a href="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/LilyEvey.jpg"><img class=" wp-image-962" title="LilyEvey" src="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/LilyEvey.jpg" alt="" width="479" height="344" /></a>[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_961" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Then Evey decided she could eat a kiss or two."]<a href="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/EveyEatingKiss.jpg"><img class=" wp-image-961 " title="EveyEatingKiss" src="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/EveyEatingKiss.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="568" /></a>[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_959" align="aligncenter" width="479" caption="Lily teased her younger cousin by eating a kiss, too."]<a href="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/LilyEatingKisses.jpg"><img class=" wp-image-959 " title="LilyEatingKisses" src="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/LilyEatingKisses.jpg" alt="" width="479" height="275" /></a>[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_960" align="aligncenter" width="800" caption="When they realized that I&#39;d gotten their exchange on film, they posed for me."]<a href="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/LilyEvey2.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-960" title="LilyEvey2" src="http://motherhoodstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/LilyEvey2.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="476" /></a>[/caption]
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