Christmas Stories!

A great Christmas Day was had by the Tapusoa Family!

Aidan asked the big Santa question a few weeks ago. . .I blew it while teaching his primary class at church when Aidan, teasing me, asked "Did the Easter Bunny board the Ark?" and I answered "Magical creatures didn't need to get on the Ark". Hello??? I had to say that?. . .I didn't think to say "The Easter Bunny wasn't born yet." So, on the way home from church Aidan came out with it saying "So, Mom, is this whole Santa thing really real?" Gulp! I'm hoping other kids in the class weren't making the same connection! No parents called me up asking what on earth I was teaching their kid, so that was good, I guess! It turned into a really good conversation and Aidan may not be hearing the sleigh bells ring anymore, but he is excited about helping us make it fun for Mason for the next several years.

As a State employee, I don't get any bonuses at work, but Delvin had a customer that was really appreciative of all the work Delvin did for him this year and gave Delvin a Christmas bonus. . .thankfully this enabled Santa to get Aidan what he really wanted this year! Aidan was truly shocked! "I didn't think I'd get it 'cause it's really expensive!" The look on his face was priceless!

Mason was darling while opening presents. . .he was, of course, more interested in the boxes then unwrapping or playing with the gifts, that is until he opened up the vacuum! He immediately vacuumed the whole house. . .too bad it's not real!
Grandma was with us and she got such a kick out of the Aqua Globes we gave her - it was hilarious. . .My brother's family came over to pick up mom for dinner and we spent some fun time with them before heading out to our Polynesian Feast! We had dinner with the Fifita's! Latu made a huge array of Polynesian foods, Delvin cooked the fish and it really was spectacular! I will add pics when they email to me (I, of course, left the memory stick in the computer! -duh)

It was a perfect Christmas (except for Mason falling down the Fifita's staircase - everyone thought I was being overly cautious with him and those stairs, so the one time I let my guard down. . . he tumbled all the way down - never question a mothers' gut!) Christmas was filled with snow, great gifts, love of family and friends, and a wonderful spirit of the true meaning of Christmas in celebrating the birth of Christ! What a great day! It all went by too fast, I'm in denial that it's over. . .I think I'll leave my Christmas playlist and background up for awhile until I decide to jump back to reality!