We got all of the family's presents before Xmas (with Wen's sneaking in on Monday) and I tried to set up a visual countdown calendar as well as talk up Santa more this year so that Sage could get more excited. He did.
Ok, onto pics and their stories. We took quite a few vids and not so many pics, so also head here to watch, when you have time.
Happy Ho Ho
Love Jeff, Jo, Sage and Mocha
Just a comfy reading position
Getting some rest before the big day!
Paco's (Sage's name for "Gramma and Grampa") package came and he saw this and I said we could play a little with it.
You can see a vid to watch him talk about it more.
These are cool and I actually bought one like this for V and A (not dinos) so I hope they like them, too
Going out to meet some friends
Ok, you can smile now
Two hat lovers
Our countdown calendar, where I would draw something on the day, say which day and how many days till the main date and then he insisted on drawing in black on that day as well. I think his mantra was "santa come; open presents" for about 2 weeks straight and he said it many many times. Here, only 2 days to go!
The pre-xmas day tree (I had to hide my 'special' gift in back of the tree since that lessened the urge to open the damn thing).
The day of. I added balloons since Sage likes them and they make it look fuller! haha
The first thing he gets into is the candy, as any self respecting Angelovich will attest to.
After opening Wen's hat, we said it was a dinosaur and the first thing he does is put it on the ground and step on it, saying 'Dinosaur Foot!' But we helped steer him in the right direction, so no worries Wen! It looks great!
I just fear I may have it on backwards! But regardless, it is cute
Sage is bringing Santa 'Spicy Xmas Tea' since he asked for it. If you look carefully, you can see Santa's boot in the upper left, but for some reason Jo did not get a pic of him and I was (ahem) out buying donuts. If you want to see the video it is cute the way Sage acts.
Santa brought the 'nice' present - his first wooden train set, and then he promptly ignored Santa and started to open, assemble and play with it and has been the whole freakin' day!
Some other loot
I love those big hankin' puzzles!
Oh, I scored on this one. On a whim, I bought this and it was an immediate hit (literally).
Ok, watch the vid on this one. But here I am FINALLY reaching around to claim my pre-teen years back from the dusty shelves of yesteryear. My lovely sisters got me some Star Wars ships and figures that I so loved as a kid and never had the intelligence(?) (lack of shame -?) to get again. But I was ecstatic to see the Millenium Falcon, an X wing, Darth's modified TIE Fighter and a freakin' Taun Taun! These are well loved and they look like the real originals, which is fantastic. They will be much loved here as well and I will enjoy hooking Sage on the Star Wars series (starting with #4, of course). Again, thanx to Wen and Jen for being great sisters!
An after shot
Another
Sage enjoying victory candy
We moved the train to his room and set it up (like on the box). I think this one will be well loved.
Of course anything dinosaur related is still good
And some random train stickers (more for mom!)
Mom wanted to do some inventorying I guess, so here are some of his spoils.
I had fun making this with Sage but it was pretty complicated for a foam 3d puzzle!
But it came out well
Course with the train set, there is no question about where his energy is going....
Oh, one of the cool presents (as if there were not enough) was Paco's (both, remember) gift of a story book/card where they read The Night Before Christmas in their own voices and recorded it so as we turned the pages, we heard their voices. I love the thing and Sage was pretty ciked about it too. We listened to it a few times during the day but we had to listen twice before going to bed.
Good present!
Merry Xmas!
