I can’t even begin to tell you the level of excitement around here. Neko is beside herself with this whole Xmas thing, and Shep sees Neko get all excited, and he really doesn’t know what all the fuss is about, but decides he should get excited, too. I think the fact that the word “presents” keeps getting mentioned helped get him on board. So we’ve been all Santa this Santa that for weeks.
When morning hit, we reached an all-time level of bliss. Neko bounded into our bed right around seven. She managed to rouse us, and then we proceeded to round up Shep (already awake) and Ellery (sound asleep). I’m glad I took some “before” photos, because soon wrapping paper was flying and kids were shrieking and total chaos reigned freely.
While Neko and Shep ran wild with their favorites (the $4 slinky and the $1.50 balloon helicopter), Ellery happily carried around Tom’s bag of vitamin C drops like it was the next big thing from Fisher-Price. Seriously, why do I shop anywhere other than the dollar store?
Then Tom made maple scones, and we have all continued our diet of pure sugar and fat for the rest of the day.