Children of Joyful Head Explodings

When LG saw the little indoor playstructure (a used Lil Tyke’s Climber) that Santa had recycled from Craigslist & left for her, she went nuts. She figured out how to climb up and slide down immediately, spending most of the morning gravitating between it and ripping wrapping paper into bits and pieces.

The morning started with both of the sleeping later than normal (a real Christmas miracle). When LD woke, he found a note to he & LG under an empty plate on the floor of his room. He grabbed it and ran into the living room. He took in the mounds of presents and most likely nearly passed out, but managed to compose himself long enough to feed the dogs and let ‘em out (he’s such a good boy). He then ran into our room, talking a mile a minute, describing the living room in minute detail, especially talking about the big wrapped thing that might have a slide on it that was probably for LG cause it looks like something he played with when he was a little kid but had given it away ‘cause he gotten too old and could we read the note ‘cause Santa left one?

When he was satisfied that the note just thanked he & LG for the thoughtful snacks (Rudolph had apparently eated two of the carrots because Blitzen wasn’t hungry), he got us out of bed, telling us to get LG up, too. We spent the rest of the morning in our PJs, passing out the gifts and trying to decided the best order to play with them in. Santa got a remote contol “BladeStar”, a kind of indoor hovering airplane that I took to… LG’s babydoll was a big hit – with LD (he carried it around all day, making sure it got plenty of naps and food). The lightsaber (springloaded, glowy, and with spund effects) that LG got for him was a huge hit, too. He was wandering around with the doll tucked in the crook of one arm and the lightsaber at the ready.

LG tried to eat anything and everything that wasn’t edible, but she did get a tiny bit of chocolate and loved it. L’s dad, Bipa, showed up – he’d been promising to make it in all week. LD was really excited about this, and we made some more fudge for him.

Usually the tree stays up for a week or so after the day, but this year we took it down early – LD wanted to play with the Bladestar, and LG wanted more room for her play structure. Today was NOT a day of boredom.