First Christmas

Think outside the box

Early Christmas morning, Rowan crawls up to the lit up tree, stares intently at it for a second and goes, " Huh".
And then the fun begins.
The bright red and yellow Fisher Price Walker, shaped like a zippy little car, with fifty seven different lights and sounds to "stimulate little minds", pales in comparison to... the plain brown box it came in! Huh?
Take 2. The cute carousel with its cow and pig that start singing something fierce when you press a button.... is not as big a hit as the box it came in!

And so it went all of Christmas morning. Rowan had a fantastic time diving into gift bags, tearing the tissue paper into little bits, "unwrapping" boxes excitedly so he could examine the bright wrapping paper and ribbons. Winnie the Pooh got only a cursory glance. The Build-a Bear, ditto. But the wrapping paper they came in! Wooooooooooo!

Also, the tree decorations. Oh yeah. We liked those. The shiny red ones, especially.

We had the best time.