The correct appellation is "ankle biters"

I only have two grandchildren but remember growing up; I have something like 24 great nieces and nephews and kind of resented Christmas, the only time each year I saw them and felt like I needed to bring them all presents (they're actually my stepsister's grandchildren, her youngest daughter, my goddaughter decided to have six children since my stepmother "had" five (including my three brothers and myself) and stepsister had 4 and her siblings had 3; she had to "beat" everyone in the mothering department).