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The girls insisted that my Dad be the one to read this story. He NEVER reads it straight from the book so they are always waiting for the next joke line. For example:
Not a creature was stirring, not even a louse
Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s crap
You get the idea. Potty humor always gets the biggest laughs!
The kids were all up before 7 AM. Santa was nice enough to bring the kids stockings right to their rooms so they had something to do while we gave Nana, Grampy and Uncle Tim a few more minutes of shut eye. As is tradition, the kids all must wait together at the top of the stairs while the parents run downstairs to turn on Christmas music, grab cameras and start a pot of coffee (if they are lucky). Here’s a shot of the anticipation.
This Christmas was the year of the lego. Between Santa and family the girls got a LOT of legos. Santa was nice enough to bring exactly what the girls wanted, but his elves slacked off in the assembly department. Between Allen, my brother Tim and me, we helped the girls put together 3900 lego pieces on Christmas day. My fingers are STILL aching!
The girls also received American Girl goodies, books and crafts and games. (I took a Christmas break with my camera so there are no pictures of these fun things, sorry!) An amazing day that SHOULD lead to kids who go off to play together for the rest of the Christmas break without a single ‘I’m bored!’ Right? Right?
Allen and I got all sorts of fun goodies like cozy clothes and music and books and a timing belt for his car AND a shiny new toy.
One of the girls asked ‘Do we need a new computer?’ Nope, but we don’t NEED any more legos either. Christmas is all about getting some of what you need (a timing belt, chocolate) and some of what you want. We were VERY fortunate to get both!
Happy New Year! Stay safe tonight!
BTW – The following pictures are of the lego town the girls have built up in our playroom. They wanted to make sure they made the blog and I aim to please!