Don’t the boys look happy? Opening their Christmas Stollen?

Though, really, the “happy” part started earlier. When I opened the bedroom door for Chappy this morning, he ran straight downstairs to admire the Christmas tree.

Well? Guys? When do we get to open the presents?

We paused for breakfast (pancakes) and then sat by the tree for a bit … Chappy, though, was very focused…

I’m not entirely sure he remembered to blink! Seriously, he just sat and stared.

We moved the ottoman out of the way, and he moved closer … but I’d still swear he was staring so intently at that present in the front that he forgot to blink.

Naturally, we let him open his present first–a red ball that has a blinking light inside.

He helped open the other presents … or did after we let him open his second present–some biscuits I bought for him. (Well, my helper did, since the store was closed when we went there on Saturday.) We gave him one of the biscuits, of course, but now they’ll wait while he works his way through the batch of biscuits my niece made for him–because homemade is better!

Anyway, he helped open the other presents, but … like any kid … decided that that wrapping materials were more fun to play with than the actual gifts.

He was happy for this one, though! The inside is a different color, but he doesn’t care–he’s got two, full-sized dishes again!

We got out for a walk this morning, too, before the rain started. We expected it earlier, in fact, but actually, the rain held off for most of the day and only started around 5:00. We had turkey with trimmings for dinner–more or less a complete replay of Thanksgiving–and all in all, it’s been a pretty nice day.

Tomorrow, Mom and Dad are going to my cousin’s farm. We were going to go last weekend, to deliver their allotment of Christmas Stollen, but Mother Nature had other plans.

So, we rescheduled for this weekend, but my best friend is home visiting from California and tomorrow is the only day she can manage a visit, so … Chappy and I are going to stay home and let Mom and Dad go without us. (Mom’s a little bitter about this, “It was your idea,” but what can I do?) Chappy would probably have enjoyed meeting my cousin’s dogs and possibly even seeing the horses, but my guess is that he won’t really MIND not having to spend 3 hours or so in the car tomorrow, after 2 hours yesterday (grin).

All in all, though, how do you think he feels about his Christmas?

Lick-smacking good?

Or “Man, that tastes bad” disappointing?

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