Presents or packaging?

We've already had a few opportunities to open Christmas presents in our house this week, and Elizabeth is sticking with the traditional stereotype - she's much more interested in the packaging than the presents. Carolyn brought her first presents on Tuesday night and Elizabeth was so excited about the bows on the packages that she almost forgot to look at the toys inside (of course, she's been playing with her new ark animals all week since then - thanks, Aunt Carolyn!).

Then tonight, after much pleading from Jonathan, we opened the LARGE package that arrived from the Watsons.



It was filled with all sorts of wrapped presents from Aunt Beth, Uncle Ben, and Robyn - for us, as well as the Hobbs and Waggener/Tate clans. We thought the presents for Elizabeth were the ones with her name on them. But, she thought differently. Her favorite part of the package was interspersed between the wrapped gifts - packing peanuts! Jonathan put her in the box with the peanuts, and she had a ball kicking the peanuts up with her feet, throwing them on the ground, and getting "snowed" on.





We also really liked the actual presents that came in the box, but I won't spoil the surprise for everyone else! Thanks!