Yes, Andy is scheduled to fly all week. So instead of missing out on the festivities, Santa decided to do an early arrival for all those that will not be together for Christmas. For us, Santa came after a late afternoon nap, and right after crew scheduling called Andy.
Pyper woke up cranky, but her mood turned around quick when she saw the stockings full and topped with a juicy orange and candy cane. I believe there was genuine surprise and amazement in her eyes and on her face. Having never done the stocking/Santa thing before, she jumped right in like she had done it forever.
The scene unfolds... and Pyper helping Daddy with this socking goodies.
Finishing up a large floor puzzle that "the soldier from Snowflake Lane" gave her, she came up with that one on her own. She's pointing at her favorite creature, a sea star.
When she opened a bagful of chocolate coins, she said that she gotton pennies for her piggy bank. She couldn't believe that they were chocolate, so she had to open one up to make sure we were telling her the truth. Most of her stocking was filled with edible goodies. Since most of the goods were on the sweeter side, she knew that there would be waiting involved. There's a candycane and red licorice treat hiding out in her jewelry box as I write this.
She helped Andy and I unwrap gifts as well. By shape alone, she was able to recognize the contents of his stockings enen before unwrapping them. Like when she held up the small cylindrical tube and said, "look Daddy, you got chapstick too." When unwrapping Andy's chocolate peanut butter cups she said, "you better not each all of this, or you will get a tummy ache, Mommy and I will help you." Lucky for her, it will be for his own good.
After all the gift excitement we were making Christmas tags for presents and I asked her if she would be willing to share some of her chocolate coins with her Uncle Jake, as he had just started to eat chocolate again after a year without. In the spirit of Chirstmas, there was no hesitation as she filled a small box with her coins from her jewlery box, leaving only two for herself. At first she planned on giving five coins, but then decided to fill the whole box. I made sure she knew that she could keep some. "I want to fill the whole thing up, I'll keep two for myself." She gave Uncle Jake a dozen coins making sure the small box was completely full. What a generous girl.
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