Awesome, Dinny!
The kids woke up just before 7. They got a lot of cool presents, even though Santa was a bit lighter than in previous years. Xavier got a football, basketball, and what grahame would call a football, a Rubik's cube, and a pretty baller Nerf gun. Zoe got some Monster High stuff and Santa brought her 25 "Rainbow Magic" books (4 box sets) and the Kindle App on her phone. Maybe Dad will have to get her the little Kindle soon, as much as she likes to read.
Zoe saved up some points they get at the aftercare program she's in. She saved up over 200$ in "Camp Bucks" and bought gifts for the whole family, including my Mom and her husband. She got them a candle a piece (my mom loves candles), and when she found out Zoe had saved up $$$ she could have spent on herself to buy her a gift, she almost cried Zoe got her brother a book, Xavier got Zoe a stuffed animal through the same program, and they got me a little camera case for my Point n Shoot!
A very cool gift I got from my mom was a framed newspaper article from when my brother and I were in the paper for the dedication of the building my Dad worked at (as superintendent of schools) after he passed away when I was 10. I've gotta find a good place to hang it amongst the art projects of the recent past.
**BRENT**