Santa Comes to Town

Christmas morning we woke up and Ava, I'm not sure realized that it was time to see what Santa brought as she lingered in bed for a while, we read part 2 of the Christmas Story and it wasn't until I suggested getting up to see what Santa brought did she make a move towards the door! I hopped up and told her I needed to get the cameras ready and Adam headed to turn on the Christmas music. Then once we ready, I called out to her that she could come out.



I'm not sure there is must better than seeing the look on a child's face Christmas morning.



The child has been asking and asking and asking for a Barbie Jeep- but Adam and I were never keen on getting her one because a.) They are way too expensive and b.) I don't know if you have noticed, but she is off the charts tall for her age and she wouldn't get much use out of it. So imagine the dilema Santa was in when all she asked for- repeat the ONLY THING she asked for was a Barbie Jeep.



Suffice to say, she got her Barbie Jeep. She also received a few other gifts, some from Santa and some from Mommy and Daddy.



Make-up galore and hand sanitizer, although it never fails, she will still end up using mine :)



Zinkies, a dog that barks and hops and almost blew Santa's cover during the night, and princes stories



Cootie game...remember these games? She has almost all of the games from this era- I loved these games as a little girl and they are so easy to play, not to mention cheap and nostalgic. The Jake and the Never Land Pirates boat she picked out herself. She was shopping with me picking out a gift for her cousin Caden and we both thought this was perfect and she decided she wanted one. (It's for the bathtub). Well, I thought it's cheaper than the $50 one you have been asking for from Disney so we can get it, but I told her I was going to wrap it and she couldn't open it until Christmas morning, and she held true to that promise and didn't pester me about it- although I have to say I'm not ready for that stage in life where she picks out all her gifts- I know it will be here before I know it- but not yet- no way jose!
Santa also magically brought a Sofia the First doll for her ;)



Movies and Rapunzel figurines



Okay, these 2 gifts were for her from her Daddy, he did this all on his own, which was super sweet. He sent me the invoice after he had bought them. Ava's favorite TV show is Duck Dynasty. We all enjoy watching it, but it literally is her favorite. She would rather watch that than anything on Disney! I think it is partly because its something we all sit down to watch and she loves doing what Mommy and Daddy are doing. So he picked out this pink duck call and a Willie Bobblehead (which is her favorite person on the show). So funny!



Adam and I don't really exchange a lot of gifts- we get so much from other people and our morning is focused on Ava we don't do much- but we do like for her to see us give each other at least one gift. Of course, Adam's stocking is always filled by Santa, and this year, Ava wanted to know why I didn't get anything, so Santa is going to have to start leaving something for me :) This year, Adam did really good for me, he actually surprised me with a few things. One of them I knew about, but only after he had bought it and it came out of my checking account- ha! So I was still surprised, it just wasn't Christmas morning.



After presents were open, Ava took her jeep out for a test drive. I'm glad it had stopped raining, I woud have hated to have her bump into everything in the house trying to ride it around!