| Newfoundland 2003 |
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| Thursday December 25, 2003 -- 9:40am Christmas morning. Gifts open. Off to Danny's! Some pictures from last night: |
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| When I first arrived, Hannah came rushing over to me, terribly excited. Apparently, Santa Claus had made a surprise appearance. I'd just missed him in fact. He brought all of the kids new pajamas and Hannah even had a letter from him, answering the questions she'd asked in the one she wrote to him. You can see the letter there in her hand. All four of the kids were absolutely frantic to get to bed. |
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| The kids all in bed, we had just settled in with a few drinks when Laura suddenly gasped and said, "We forgot the cookies!" Before we could even figure out what she was talking about, she was running up the stairs to get the kids out of bed, and back downstairs, where they laid out milk and cookies, according to the specifications set out in Hannah's prized letter. |
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| One of Laura's kids had scored some Magic Reindeer Dust at school, so out they ran in their new pajamas to sprinkle it all over the back yard, thereby ensuring that Santa's reindeer would be able to take to the air after delivering their gifts. |