Samantha's first blog

Posted By pamelamyers on December 26, 2016

This Christmas Eve we went to Grandmom’s house instead of her coming to our house. We needed to switch things up a bit since it is the first year that Poppy is not with us. Doing the same old routine just seemed, well…wrong. Sam had a great time, mostly because Grandmom had told her that she was going to be allowed to open all of the things in her stocking, and…dum dum dum! One present of her choosing.

First things first – the stockings! Sam really has always loved her stocking, almost more than the actual gifts.

We all opened ours and Sam was quite pleased with her haul.

When it was gift time, Grandmom told Sam to choose wisely, because if it turned out to be clothes, that was too bad. She was only allowed one gift on Christmas Eve. Sam told us she knew what boxes were clothing shaped, so we didn’t need to worry! I thought she would shake every single thing, but she picked fairly quickly. It turned out to be her globe. Sam likes globes and maps and Grandmom thought she’d like a small one of her own.

Next we gave Grandmom one of the gifts from Sam because it was an ornament for her tree and a picture she drew. Sam also made Grandmom a card with lots of snowmen. We didn’t even know she had stashed it in Grandmom’s stocking.

Here is the picture she drew. She is quite the artist!

When we got home, it was time to get the house ready for Santa. Sam left Santa some milk and carrots and the reindeer food she made at school for the reindeer. Surprisingly, she forgot Santa’s snack! Oh well. I am sure he gets lots to eat at other houses. She did leave Santa one of her Christmas crackers. She always shares. She also left her camera on the coffee table, hoping Santa would take some more photos this year. We’ll see!

It was soon lights out for Sam. It is always hard for her to fall asleep but she managed to pretty quickly. Morning would be coming soon, and a busy, busy day!

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