Wow! What a wonderful Christmas it was for our family. Every year there are suprises and heart felt moments with the kids. This year was no different. The suprise of the year for Collin and Sydney is how enthralled they are with the battery-powered toothbrushs they got for stocking stuffers. It is going to cost us a molar and a wisdom tooth, instead of an arm and a leg to keep the brushes full of batteries since they have brushed their teeth about once an hour.
Sydney also received a bathrobe from Mom and Dad. She has lined up baths for a week. She can't wait to get into the new robe. The other item Sydney wanted so badly was an umbrella. I think if we would have just stuck with those two items Sydney would have thought she had the best Christmas ever. Sydney also received French Coach DS game to help with her French, a digitial camera, and some cash. She may need to go out and buy shampoo and soap with as many baths as she has planned.
Collin, on the other hand, has been begging for a football for what seems like months. He finally got his Chicago Bears Nerf football. He also got some music downloads for his DS that Dad has not been able to figure out as of yet. Santa brought him Wii Resort Sports which Mom and Dad really like. He also got books and some cash for some game shopping.
The best part of Christmas for Collin started Christmas Eve. He handed a package from under the tree to his cousin, Dresden, that everyone expected would be the yearly PJ's from Nana and Papa. However, Collin handed him the package which was meant for Christmas morning. To everyone's disbelief including Nana's, Dresden received a Star Wars DS game instead of the PJ's. This game was very high on both Collin and Dresden's wish list. Collin coming to grips with the odds or the potential that he may or may not get this game depending on Nana's shopping habits was very perplexing to him.
Of course, Nana and Papa had planned to give Collin the same game, but they wanted to play a little Christmas/April fools trick on him first. They wrapped a bogus game (Baby's First Steps) and gave it to Collin when they came to our house Christmas morning. You can tell by Collin's reaction in the video that he was not happy with this development. Nana quickly told Collin it was a joke. Collin was relieved to find that Nana and Papa's shopping habits are consistant with the two oldest boys of the family. By the way Nana, he has only put the game down to brush his teeth today.
Pictures are to follow in Part II of Christmas 09.
3 comments:
What a good sport Collin was. He said "thank you" and everything to a game he totally didn't want! It looks like your family enjoyed Christmas! Merry Christmas!
We had so much fun teasing Collin. He was a really good sport about it too. Love you guys!
Very funny! We had such a fun time with you guys. Can't wait to see you in a couple weeks.
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