"Did I get one?" was the first thing Tommy asked as he rushed downstairs to check out what Santa had left.
"I don't know," I answered.
"It's just, I've been wanting one for YEARS!" Tommy shrieked and gasped with pleasure when he saw Santa's set up.
"I just want Princess stuff," Natalie said matter-of-factly. I actually had to wake her up. It was a little before 8 and I expected both kids would be ready and waiting for me to come get them. But no, she had been tucked in her bed, surrounded by her princess dolls, a tiny crown perched on her head.
Tommy, on the other hand, was wide awake. He claimed he had been up since 4.
Yikes.
"He came!" Tommy bellowed, digging into his stocking.
"PRINCESS STUFF!" Natalie yelled, grabbing her dresses that Santa left draped over the couch.
"I'm not seeing it," Tommy said, panicked.
"If you don't get one, at least you have other stuff," I reminded him.
"I know but...I've been wanting one for YEARS!" Tommy repeated. He plunged his hand into his stocking and pulled out chocolates, tiny toys, Nerds...I could see the worry beginning to form on his face.
And then...
At the very bottom of the stocking...
"I GOT IT! I GOT IT!" Tommy boomed. If anyone had been sleeping in the house, they'd have surely woken up then.
"I love it. I LOVE IT!" And Tommy promptly ignored his other stuff. Seriously, we could have gotten him the iPod Touch and he would have been fine.
Tommy's iPod Touch, by the way, is better than ours. We have the one from a couple of years ago. No camera. No FaceTime.
Tommy's has a camera. FaceTime. It's shiny.
Tom almost wanted to trade him his old one for the new one.
Meanwhile, Natalie was digging through her gifts and found the Rapunzel gown that Tom's Mom had sent:
"It's beautiful!" she gasped.
All in all, it was an awesome Christmas.
I mean, look what Tom got me:
Anyone want some chocolate? Because I'll have some for years. Or, you know, months.
He also knows that I love the Titanic and got me authentic Titanic wood.
And it was a white Christmas:
AND...I didn't burn the food. Everything came out delicious:
So our Christmas was awesome. On Friday I'll probably write how I got Tom's gifts. Getting one was a bit of an adventure.
How was your Christmas?
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
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aw looks like a great christmas :) We had ham as well!
ReplyDeleteYour ham looks so juicy and delish! I am way jelous of Tommy's IPod and your Titanic wood is awesome! When they had the Titanic Tours a few years ago, they came to Seattle and I got to go. It was awesome! They had replicas of the staircase, the sleeping quarters, and dining rooms. Authentic wreckage and a thing you could touch that was the same temperature as the water that night. How anyone survived in that freezing water is amazing, I couldn't even hold my hand on it. Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteYay for a good Christmas! I love how excited your kiddos are in those pictures! I can't wait to be a parent just for that reason.. Christmas excitement faces!
ReplyDeletehaha I love that he had been waiting 'years.' My 3 year old, after each present, would say "I've been wanting this my WHOLE life.' I love it! Merry Chistmas!
ReplyDeleteAw, looks like santa did them good this year! That ham looks very juicy.
ReplyDeleteUh WOW! Love the titanic present very original
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you did good. I really like the titanic gift, that was a very thoughtful gift. Very nice! I really mean that. One Christmas I actually got tools, didn't want them then, and still don't use them. Well, maybe the hammer, rarely.
ReplyDeleteHas he really wanted one for years or just for kid years?
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas! (is the chocolate bar all eaten yet?)
ReplyDeleteLovely Christmas!! We had a great day too.
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I give that Hershey's bar a week. Glad to hear everyone got what they wanted.
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