Santa’s a Great Guy

Sunday December 22, 2013
Sebastian Inlet State Park
Vero Beach,. Florida

 

 

 

Apparently Santa knows more than whether you’ve been bad or good.

 

He knew that Carrie had to leave on Christmas Day so  he stopped by Winnona early Sunday morning.  I guess that might make his job on Tuesday night a little easier.  He left presents under the tree and filled the stockings.  He brought yummy pastries.

 

So first thing is to have the traditional pastries.  Pecan Roll for me, chocolate croissants for David and Carrie.

 

 

 

On to those packages and stockings!

 

.  As you can see, Carrie’s stocking is somewhat larger than the other two.  I made them all for her first Christmas.  Making hers larger seemed the fun thing to do.  So she really loves her biggest stocking.  But I think Santa may have a tough time finding enough things to fill it.  There were pistachios and candy, rechargeable batteries and socks, coasters, and hankies among what seemed like tons of other little things.   David was happy that Santa was so careful to make sure his treats were not just empty calories.   You’ll notice that his “born to be mild hat” was returned by Santa in better condition than it was in when he “misplaced” it.   Carrie wasn’t too sure about the Raye’s Maine Mustard brought all the way to her from Eastport, Maine.  Even though she’s a catsup girl, she says she’ll give it a try.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All this works up quite an appetite as you can imagine.

 

We go from stockings to tree, back and forth and then it’s late morning and  time for breakfast or well probably brunch.  David says he can handle it and we definitely believe that.  So we set out for a walk down to the ocean front to see what the waves are doing.  Along the way we find the woodstorks down on their knees apparently relaxing.  How do they do that?  Those knees sure seem to bend backwards. Neither of us had ever seen this before.   The waves were looking great so back we went to tell David.

 

 

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 When we arrive, he has the delicious breakfast ready to go.  Great fortification for the hard work of opening more presents!!

 

 

 

Alrighty then, back to those presents!

 

Carrie has a fifteen minute walk in downtown DC from her train to her office so she needed a long raincoat to keep the splashes off her office attire.   Santa knew just the thing.  Light weight and portable but weather proof.   And how about those boots to go with it in a great purple color.  Let the rains come, she’s all set.   Although I doubt she’s going to strike that pose on the way to the office.   (Yes it does say 81 degrees outside on that temperature gauge).

 

 

 

Among other things, Carrie gave her father a binocular harness since he is always admiring mine.  She got me two pair of different weight PERFECT hiking socks.  All we need now are some trails.

 

 

 

 

 

It’s true, like mother, like daughter.  Santa brought us both Peanut Butter M&Ms.  Mmmmm, that’s so we don’t steal from each other.   And he brought her new colored pens and two new journals.  Journaling in color is a great idea if I do say so myself.  I’m glad to have passed the habit on.

 

 

 

OK so what’s in the big bags??

 

 

 

 

Apparently Either Santa also knows a great deal about Snorkeling or he contacted Karen Lueck for consultation.  I tried my gear on, but David tried his out.  Sort of!!  Thanks to Santa’s helper everything was just right.  Now if one of them can just get us reservations in the Keys!   

 

 

 

 

Remember that 81 degree temperature?

 

It’s mid afternoon when all this silliness is finished and we have just enough time before dinner to get over to the beach for even more.  

 

 

 

 

Great times in the water on December 22nd.  Pretty amazing for all of us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We finish off this fabulous day with a wonderful feast and a showing of The Muppet’s Christmas Carol.  Could there possibly be a better Day??

 

 

 

We hope your holiday was every bit as full of fun and love as ours!

Sherry, Carrie and David