Christmas

Santa came to our house on the 24th so Mom could partake in the event. (I had to work at the hospital on Christmas Day). The night before Santa was to arrive, Maddie put out reindeer food and cookies for Santa and his sleigh. She was very excited and needless to say we had a tough time getting her to sleep. She might have gone down finally around 10 or even 11pm. The next morning Brian and I were up very early, but not Maddie. She was zonked from the night before. We sat downstairs and waited for her, but eventually had to go upstairs and wake her. We were so excited that we couldn't wait any longer. Unfortunately though, Maddie seemed disappointed with the Radio Flyer wagon and the toys awaiting her under the tree. Brian and I surmise that she thought she would physically see Santa. After all, how dare he leave presents and not stop to say hello?! But wait, he had left her a thank you note for the reindeer food and cookies. This seemed to rectify the problem with our little miss and shortly thereafter the living room became a sea of wrapping paper and toys as she blew through the room like a little tornado.