We arrived in Sarasota the night before Christmas Eve, after a LOOOOONNNNGGGG drive. For the most part, the kids have been really good travelers on this trip. We’ve had our moments, but I haven’t left anyone on the side of the road yet.
The kids really loved choosing gifts for each of us and each other.
Norah bought Poppy a bird feeder and bird seed, and wrote him a card that said, “Please don’t shoot the precious birds,” because Poppy is a hunter.
Adlani developed a sudden interest in the Megazord toys, which could only be found on eBay. This is the first one, which I had to buy used since it was discontinued before he was born.
Woohoo! A book!
Norah has been wishing for this – hair chalk.
The second Megazord – this one shipped from Hong Kong.
Grammy and Poppy bought all of us tickets to Disney’s Magic Kingdom!!!
Norah’s art set, with how-to-draw books and sketch pads.
An erector set with 2 motors!
New boots, which she promptly traded for Uggs.
Reenacting an old photo of the trash baby.
I splurged on a family gift – a Singtrix karaoke system, which is TOTALLY AWESOME. You can use your own music, the Singtrix app, or another karaoke app. It has hundreds of different effects to change your voice, add harmonies, make you sound like you’re singing with a choir, or like you’re a robot, or have inhaled helium. It also corrects your pitch. Videos to follow.