The madness begins

After attending our Christmas Eve service at church tonight and reading the Christmas story, we let Elizabeth open one present. It was a great start to her gift-opening joy - finger puppets from Peru and her very own pink laptop from Aunt Beth. She loved them!





When she had to put the laptop away at bedtime, she gave it the highest compliment she knows, "That is so cool!" Thanks so much, Aunt Beth!

She was excited to get to bed tonight because she knew Santa was coming. On the way home from church, she even asked David to drive faster, so we could make sure we got home before Santa arrived. Since it was only 6pm then, we assured her we had plenty of time.

Of course, we're enjoying the Santa game while we still can. I don't think it will take her very long to catch on to the ruse. A few weeks ago, we went through her room for a toy drive at our church. I told her that we were giving toys away to kids who couldn't afford them so they would get presents at Christmas too. She was very generous and picked out a bunch of toys she doesn't play with anymore to give away. But, this week after thinking about it some more, she asked me why Santa wasn't bringing those kids presents. She's already getting too smart for me!