December 27, 2007

• I want a camera!

  Santa Claus shows up everywhere. We saw him at the gym, at the mall, on floats in the Christmas parades. We have told Anna Kathryn that Santa is for pretend, but since she’s still rather unsure what “pretend” means, she thinks he’s real. This is the first year she was not afraid of him, and when we saw him at the gym, she yelled, “HI, SANTA!!” and jumped into his lap. He asked her what she wanted him to bring her for Christmas, and she quickly informed him of the one thing she’s been asking for all year, “A camera.” He raised an eyebrow and winked at me, then gave her a piece of candy. The Santa at the mall asked her the same question, and she looked at him as though to say, I already told you! But she told him the same thing, just in case. “I want a camera.”

  So, Santa put a camera under the tree for her this year. A kid-friendly, working digital camera.

  

  This is the gift she opened last, and the one she spent the most time with. The camera holds 60 photos at once, and the following shots are from her first set of 60 on Christmas morning. I thought she did an excellent job! In the process, she captured a glimpse of the new couch, chair and rug we treated ourselves to this month. Take a look:

  Anna Kathryn’s feet (like our new rug?):

  

  Mommy and the back of William’s head:

  

  Aunt Joelle:

  

  Daddy and Stephen:

  

  Omie and William (on our new chair!):

  

  Daddy made the lighted “tree” behind Omie and William, out of Gerber jars and Christmas lights and hot glue. He did an excellent job, and we all think he could set up a table at craft fairs with those!

  Papa Bill (let’s see who can take the most pictures!):

  

  Stephen with his new Lego’s:

  

  Mommy, fresh from Santa’s workshop:

  

  And Palmer, our little neighbor boy (AK and Daddy brought them cookies):

  

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