I survived Birthmas: Round 3

Paul working his mad scientist look, on Christmas Eve

Birthmas actually was much easier this year. Paul had a little surprise birthday cake at my grandparents' house, and everyone wished him a happy birthday on his birthday. Everyone also managed to resist the urge to buy him birthday presents, and large quantities of Christmas presents, which was a little surprising. Paul had a pretty good haul from celebrating Christmas at both of his grandparents' houses, and I think too many more presents would have been overwhelming.

Paul ended up with a backpack containing a tent, sleeping bag, and other "survival" tools and soccer stuff from Santa. He had also been asking for the stuffed Shrek baby girl. He was a bit confused when he found it in his stocking on Christmas morning. Apparently, he was asking Santa for it because Leia (one of our friends' 10 month old daughters) "told" him she wanted it.

He also ended up with a VSmile, a few games, a backpack, Backyardigans things, playdoh, a construction kit, some books, and of course, clothes. I think we were pretty close to the ideal number of presents, because he's been playing with everything he received. It's also less overwhelming for me, since I'm the one who has to figure out how to haul his loot back to Virginia.

Overall, it was a pretty good Christmas. Hope everyone else had a great holiday too.

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