Samantha's first blog

Posted By pamelamyers on December 26, 2016

Christmas morning! It finally arrived, and for once, we were able to keep Sam in bed until a somewhat decent hour…well, decent hour in our house means there was a 6 on the front of the clock! But, she’s seven and seven year olds can’t wait very long to see what Santa brought them! We always make Sam wait until Mark goes down the stairs to turn the tree lights on and get his camera ready, but this year, she snuck a peek! From that smile, I think Santa did a good job. Before she came down, she did check under her bedroom tree (Santa always leaves a small gift) and it was a Shopkins DVD!

Sam was thrilled to see that Santa brought her Puppy Surprise, and Mommy and Daddy brought her Kitty Surprise!

Before she went to bed, Sam left her camera on the coffee table to see if he would maybe take any more pictures this year. She and her new baby quickly checked it out. Guess what? Santa did!

Santa always comes through! He brought her some new electronics kits, just like she asked for.

I was a very lucky Mommy this Christmas. Sam and her Dad worked hard on making this beautiful light up heart for me. I just love it!

Sam thought it was time for the kitties to have some presents since they were wandering around wondering what the heck was going on. Penny got lots of new tinsel toys on sticks and a nice catnip toy.

Actually, she got a few and Zach quickly ran off with one! I guess his fuzzy mice weren’t good enough. 😉

Grandmom came over super early to see Sam open her gifts this year. It was nice having here there to see all the hubbub.

Mark got Sam a few special plush toys this year – an LED and a resistor!  It’s funny, when he first saw them online, he emailed them to me and said, “I know Sam has a lot of stuffed animals, but these are super cute.” My reply was that, yeah, she does, but it never stops me from buying more! She loves them!

And the present opening continues….

The kitties always buy nice gifts. This year, Zach gave Sam a special Shutterfly photo book of photos comprising Zach and Penny’s first year with us.

All cats love Christmas! Or should I say, the paper. I love seeing them playing and jumping around in it. Zephyr used to do that when she was younger but then the thrill wore off or she just got too old to care. Either way, it was fun to have spunky young cats being crazy on Christmas morning.

Penny’s gift to Sam was a special book starring…Penny! It is a whole story about Penny leaving home in Springfield to go seek fame and fortune. I had never heard of this website before called Petlandia, but I was glad I found it. The book is adorable, and the cat actually looks a lot like Penny!

Sam had been asking me for a neck pillow (why I have no idea) so I got her one. She quickly had to test it out.

Sam bought me some new charms for my Pandora bracelet, all Christmas themed. I love them!

As usual, Mommy got lots of pajamas!

Sam had a few crackers left, so she and Grandmom paused from the present opening to crack one.

Mark and Daddy got a special present – a robot! MBot is going to be so much fun!

Sam had been wanting to make Mark a special necklace ever since he commented on her Make It and Bake It charm bracelet, so she made him two – a heart and a dolphin.

The cats got Daddy a funny hanger…

…and Sam got new slippers, just like Mommy’s, which is exactly what she wanted.

Thanks Aunt Barbara for this beautiful purse! Sam said, “I love how it can hold a ton of stuff without it getting smushed and you can still snap it closed!”

Grandmom has a Flash Pad at home that Sam just loves. Now she has one of her own! I need to learn all the games on it so we can play, but I am sure Sam will enlighten me quickly. She is a pro, after all.

Gymnastics Barbie!

I just love the kitty outfits Grandmom got Sam. She is going to look adorable! The cat on the dress is actually furry and Sam got tights and knee socks to match!

Grandmom got the same beautiful heart as me. Spread the love, Sam!

Mom’s got her new snow boots she asked for (but let’s hope she doesn’t actually need them this year…)

She just loved the Shutterfly calendar. I tried to include a ton of photos, both new and old. It is fun to see pictures of Sam when she was little when you haven’t seen them for a while. And I made sure there were lots of pictures of Sam and her Poppy.

I love Sam’s face – she had just opened a silly card I got her that has dogs on it. When you open it, they bark a Christmas carol.

The last gift, Sam’s special one. A BRAND NEW KINDLE! She has been using my original one, which was pretty old at this point, technology-wise. Some of the games she wants to play can’t be loaded on it and I didn’t want her to keep taking mine. We thought it was time. And she’s a good kid, she earned it!

Daddy’s special socks, a present from Sam “to show all the stuff he is good at making” – pancakes and pretzels!

More electronics! Sam and Mark will be busy, that’s for sure.

Family photo! Do you love our matching pajamas? Even the cats got dressed up. Merry Christmas!

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