December 25, 2012
We took our time getting up on Christmas morning, because we were still recovering from The Crud, but Santa had come, and it was hard to contain our excitement.
We were lucky to have Monga visit us for Christmas this year. It was so nice to share our special moments with her. We had a lot of fun and made many great memories as we celebrated the holiday for the last time in our Manhattan home.
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| Santa ate his cookies and fed the carrots to his reindeer and then left fairy wings for Rose and a pirate ship for Dale under the Christmas tree. |
We put the gate up in the hallway the night before to prevent Dale from opening all the presents while everyone else was sleeping.
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| Nope, it never dawns on him to climb over. |
Our poor sick Rose and Dale loved their new presents from Santa. Rose immediately became a fairy princess, and Dale began shooting missiles from his pirate ship.
We opened many fabulous gifts, such as Little People princesses, cars, rockets, hats, books, and movies. Rose's big gift from Mommy and Daddy was her own sing along MP3 player, while Dale received his very own laptop. Both gifts were huge hits.
We had cinnamon rolls and drank the special rare coffee that Santa brought Mark. We wiped boogers and watched the kids play for hours. It was a merry Christmas for sure.
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| I love my mommy. |
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| My two favorite ornaments this year: Dale's candy cane he made at school, and Rose's Princess Ariel. Both are very representative of each child's year. |
Once we had opened all our gifts and let the dust settle a little, we decided to call Grandma and Grandpa to wish them a Merry Christmas. Both Dale and Rose showed their grandparents all the new toys, and Rose even put on a mini performance.
In fact, the show continued for much of the day. You can never hear "Part of Your World" from The Little Mermaid too many times, right?
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| Sister's got soul. |
Oh, and did I mention that we had Josie's sausage ravioli for Christmas dinner? Yep. It was totes awesome.
