A Fish Called Makiah

What a fun evening!  I had all of my kids under one roof, along with a grandkid AND a future son-in-law.  What more could I ask for?  Meri finally made it home after trying out for the spring play and the other kids were chomping at the bit to open their presents.  

Waiting patiently...

We started out with the stockings and then the youngest opening a present as we went around the room one present at a time.  It's always fun when you get the kids the exact same thing for one of their gifts and each act like they never guessed!

Each read their Groundhog Day mug individually when it was their turn to open.

I have that quote engrained in my brain now...

"I'll give you a winter prediction: It's gonna be cold, it's gonna be grey and it's gonna last you for the rest of your life."

But then Meri had to run off to a work Christmas party and the wrapping paper had taken over the room.  What had taken hours to wrap carefully had taken a mere hour to totally trash the living room.  Oh well.  It's been done before and nothing a garbage bag can't handle!

Leon opened a fish tank and fish from Meri and he was over joyed!  "A FISH!!!  JUST WHAT I WANTED!" (he did say that about the underwear I gave him too...)  but it really was what he wanted.  He'd been asking for a fish for a while now and Meri finally got me to cave.  

When he was asked what he'd named it, I was expecting him to make up a crazy made up non-remembering type of name, but nope.

He said, "I'll call her Makiah."  His best friend's name.

I guess it's better than a fish called Wanda.

Well, I've got the next three work days off and have lots of activities planned.  I'll post Robb's Christmas letter before Sunday.  Have a wonderful Christmas!