Gifties, Gifties

Okay, so now comes the time for the post in which I brag about all the cool stuff we got for Christmas. And we got a lot of cool stuff – most of it was a surprise since we didn’t really have anything specific that we asked for. Yes, we have our Amazon wishlists, but half that stuff is just there as a placeholder because we figure we’ll buy for ourselves at some point.

CootieGirl got: Lots of princess/Barbie stuff (dolls, Barbies, backpack, rug all in various shades of PINK and PURPLE), lots of books, lots of clothes, a couple DVDs, a Teddy Bear music figurine, a couple CDs, a point and click video camera, a suitcase.

CootieBoy got: Books, some clothes, Blue’s Clues stuff, Go Diego Go stuff, a couple stuffed animals, a cow pillow (which he loves), a couple DVDs, a couple CDs, a musical figurine in the shape of a seal, Bob the Builder stuff and an outdoor sand activity table. Also, two costumes for boys: a knight and Capt. Feathersword. As of last night he was willing to wear the HELMET for the knight costume but not the actual clothing.

Denis got: a new Canon EOS digital camera and 2GB CF card to replace his old one (which comes to me, and mine goes to CootieGirl), a few books, some foodie stuff, some cds. The camera was really his big gift of the day.

Jane got: a few movies, a few books, a few CDs, a cute little black purse, some toile boxes (very cool – for the guest room), an FM transmitter for my MP3 player, and a few other things. The big surprise was that my mom got me the hall tree that I had on my wishlist at Amazon. I really put it there as a placeholder to remember to get it in the spring. But Mom got it for me – it’s on backorder and should arrive in the next couple of months (picture on left shows the stand in a different color).

And amazingly, in addition to all these gifts, we also received monetary gifts from both sides of the family – we are blessed by their generosity.