'Twas two days before Christmas, and we're grinning ear to ear.
Because Christmas at the Burtram's would come early this year!
I contacted Santa and he kindly agreed,
An early home visit was what we would need.
For on Christmas day, we would be in the car,
To visit our families who live near and far.
So we welcomed ol' Santa and opened our gifts,
Then loaded up the car to start our road trips!
Santa took the minimalist approach this year, bringing our gifts to each of us with a theme of "something to wear, something to read, something you want and something you need," and of course a stocking filled with goodies too.
Sam seemed to be most impressed with the candy canes in his brothers' stockings.
We played a scavenger hunt with the big boys this year to find their big gift. They each had the first of six clues hidden in their stockings and had to figure out the rhymes to find the next clue. Evan knew his last clue was on the pickle ornament on the tree but, now to actually find it...
After the scavenger hunt was over, we all sat down to open the rest of our gifts.
Books to read, trapper-keepers for school, new slippers and pj's, and i-tunes gift cards made the list for the big boys.
Sam got new sock monkey gear, a backpack, a "Llama Llama" book and Veggie Tales movie. He also "borrowed" his brother's sparkling grape juice he got for New Year's Eve. That Santa thinks of everything.
Folks, this is not photo-shopped, Sam's hair really looks this voluminous EVERY morning.
And what did Momma get? A new fancy-shmancy sewing machine and a book to teach dummies how to sew. Now to read the directions and sew something!
Santa took the minimalist approach this year, bringing our gifts to each of us with a theme of "something to wear, something to read, something you want and something you need," and of course a stocking filled with goodies too.
Sam seemed to be most impressed with the candy canes in his brothers' stockings.
We played a scavenger hunt with the big boys this year to find their big gift. They each had the first of six clues hidden in their stockings and had to figure out the rhymes to find the next clue. Evan knew his last clue was on the pickle ornament on the tree but, now to actually find it...
After the scavenger hunt was over, we all sat down to open the rest of our gifts.
Books to read, trapper-keepers for school, new slippers and pj's, and i-tunes gift cards made the list for the big boys.
Sam got new sock monkey gear, a backpack, a "Llama Llama" book and Veggie Tales movie. He also "borrowed" his brother's sparkling grape juice he got for New Year's Eve. That Santa thinks of everything.
Folks, this is not photo-shopped, Sam's hair really looks this voluminous EVERY morning.
And what did Momma get? A new fancy-shmancy sewing machine and a book to teach dummies how to sew. Now to read the directions and sew something!
Whew, so much fun! Now to clean up, shower up, pack up, load up,
and head to the next Christmas stop!
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