SinterKlaas. A day of gifts, generosity and fellowship. We wake, listening to the kids in their room speaking to one another. "It's present day!!" "Is that gift for you, or me?" "oh it's one gift for all of us to open! Mr. Potato Head!" (purchased for $3 at a local thrift store! enough parts to make 4 or 5 different potatoes) We gather by the tree, opening stockings first. Eating the fruit in them. Mercy hugs the banana in her stocking, "Just what I wanted! Can I eat it now?" *hahaha* I love my kids. Sammy has a mango. He's been asking for one since last month. Now it's here. mmm. Julia has a Christmas Orange. It's a favorite memory and Christmas food for her, she loves it. Then there are the stunt airplanes, the chocolates, the lifesavers, the squishy ball toys, flavored straws for milk. Stockings are such fun, don't you find? I love the little treats and treasures within them. We pause for Dave's wonderful omelet brunch around noon. We draw the day out slowly, enjoying each gift as it comes. Playing the game when it is opened, building the catapult, waiting to see Julia in her new dress. The best gifts of this year: the kids picked out a new sponsor child from Nicaragua as a gift to me. A game for the whole family to play called "Camp". A three level puzzle that Dave and I have been working on, it has large pieces for beginners, medium pieces and small pieces. They call it a Family puzzle, since all ages can work on it together. :) A huge box of special recycled gifts ( things that used to be mine as a child, so so exciting!!) from Nana and Grandpa! :) That was SO fun. :) And the Skis i found second hand for our whole family, with money from my folks that was for Christmas. What a delightful Sinterklaas, which concluded with a carol sing among friends and family. :) God is soo good. What a day of delights, remembering the joy of generosity, and fellowship.