On the Sixth Day of Christmas My Family Gave to Me…

my favorite Lego set ever!

Robin is my favorite superhero (outside of the Longbow Universe of course) and I have been wanting this set since I saw it in the Lego magazine.   I was so thrilled with my gift that I built it immediately after I opened it, I didn’t even stop to take today’s picture!

As for everyone else, they got… …all this!

From left to right, Veronica now has a Spirograph, not just any Spirograph, but a Super Spirograph.  It comes with a bunch of different pieces to make different designs.

Robert has a Hobbit clock, it shows times for breakfast, second breakfast, elevensies, lunch, afternoon tea, diner, and supper.

Christopher got a Metal Earth helicopter.  In case you didn’t know, Metal Earth makes small models that come as flat sheets of metal with designs in them and perforations to fold them.  You cut them out and then fold them into the model.

Anne got nail polish.  I understand this is a good gifts for girls, but I don’t get it.

Nathaniel also got a Metal Earth kit.  His was The Black Pearl, our first Metal Earth boat.

Jonathan received a pocket microscope.  Now he can carry a microscope with him at all times for emergencies.

I got the Lego set (which I have talked about sufficiently).

Nicholas was given Gunslinger.  It’s a cowboy themed card game.  Now he has a nerd game too!

Mom gave herself a new pair of shoes.  Another girl gift I don’t really get.

Finally, Dad got a Metal Earth plane to build.

Yep, today was another big  day of Christmas.

 

I Know I had Them Yesterday

Today Nicholas and Jonathan got up before me because Jonathan needed to attend a math test and he needed Nicholas to take him.  When I got up I showered and got dressed, but when I went to put my shoes on I couldn’t find them.  Ten minutes later they were still lost.  You guessed it, Jonathan was wearing them.  So I put on his shoes.

I ascertained later that Jonathan had put my shoes on by mistake, but I wouldn’t have blamed him if you had stolen them intentionally, his shoes are painful!  So yes, I can last a day in my brother’s shoes.  They’re just too tight.

Happy St. Nicholas Day!

Happy St. Nick’s Day dear readers!  Now if you didn’t know that today is St. Nick’s Day then you are not German.  I don’t care where you were born or who your parents are, if you don’t celebrate the sixth of December by putting your shoes out for the patron saint of children to fill with candy then you are not a true German (the same way people who don’t eat hot dogs are not true Americans).

Now many people think that in German tradition St. Nicholas only brings gifts on Christmas, but that’s not actually true.  In traditional German tradition the Christkindl (Christ Child) brings Christmas gifts.  While St. Nicholas brings gifts on his  feast day (today).  he places his gifts in children’s shoes that they put out for him on the night of the 5th (Nathaniel’s is the cowboy boot).img_3549

Every year he brings us candy and a brand new Christmas ornament.  The ornaments always work together on some theme (this year we got sea animals), and are usually picked out specifically for each family member. img_3569(They are arranged in order of oldest to youngest; the stripped fish at the top is Dad’s, then the blue seahorse is Mom’s, and the pink dolphin at the end is Veronica’s)  This is a great tradition because now I have over twenty cool and unique ornaments.

This year to celebrate the day Anne made traditional German spice cookiesimg_3555 and we packaged them in bags to give to our friends at the parish hall during coffee and doughnuts last Sunday (by the way please comment and let us know how they tasted).  Like Nathaniel said, we’re really thematic this year.