The Chair

This weekend we celebrated Christmas a little early in two locations. We celebrated with Josh and with daddy's family because we're heading back to Sioux Falls for Christmas. It was definitely a white Christmas a little early as 2 feet of snow blanketed central and southern Jersey. We were supposed to go to Jenkinson's Aquarium to see the Sea of Lights, but it was not possible with the road conditions. So instead we just hung out at Josh's house and exchanged gifts. He got me a Handy Manny tool set that I absoultely love. It even has a working flicker!

Sunday brought even more snow. Initially we had planned on going to church with everyone but there was so much snow that we were not able to leave our house until 10:30 and Aunt Joy and Uncle Chad couldn't make it out of their driveway. Thankfully we have a 4Runner so we plowed right through their neighborhood. Who would have thought that New Jersey would get so much snow...not my parents, they shipped all my snow clothes to South Dakota. So I was without any snowpants to play in the snow. But we made due, I borrowed Ellen's pink snow pants and boots and Aunt Joy made sure to take LOTS of pictures to blackmail me when I get older! My parents thought I didn't care for the snow, it was really the fact that I was wearing pink pants. Sorry, but I will not be posting any evidence of my embarassing pink parade here!

After eating a late lunch/early dinner, Santa delivered lots of gifts under the tree. Ellen and I were definitely the stars with all eyes on us. We tore through gifts galore and became overwhelmed at times with what to do with everything. One thing is for sure, Ellen loves dolls. But we both love boxes!

The best part of the day was my chair from Santa. He left this big item sitting in my living room so my parents could transport it for him. I didn't really question what it was but when it was time to open it, I was very curious at what was behind the wrapping. Once I saw what it was, I went crazy with joy, jumping up and down, and sliding all around on it. I got so many awesome gifts but based upon my reaction I think the chair is going to be hard to top this year!