Christmas Cachophony

On Christmas morning, my brother Doug, his wife Fran, 

and I trekked up to Noblesville to enjoy Christmas with Fran's nephew.

Once my nephews arrived with their families the place was full of chatter 

and laughter of children, all age six years and under.

In the top photo, grandnephew Knox plays with one of his cousin Luke's

many toy cars, while behind him the ever-growing stack of gifts

awaits distribution after dinner.

Here, Nicholas, my sister-in-law's nephew, plays 

with his son Luke, who loves his toy cars -- all of them,

while Fran helps her granddaughter Kinley put paint 

on her hand to create a Christmas decoration.

The result was a silver Christmas tree ball with

a child's hand print resembling a snowflake.

  As a token of a child's growth, it was actually 

kind of pretty and sweet,