St. Nicolas came and visited us last night. The kids woke up earlier than usual toda
y (about 6) because Gustav wet the bed and started crying. When Esther took Gustav to the bathroom to get cleaned up and changed, he saw his boot sitting outside his bedroom door with candy and presents, and suddenly he wasn't so upset anymore. Esther tried to keep them quiet, but both of the kids came running into my room telling me to look because Nicolas had left something for me, too. They had taken one of my boots from downstairs and filled the bottom of it with walnuts, then put a chocolate St. Nicolas in the heel and decorated it with pine branches. The kids had the same thing, but each of them also had two wrapped gifts. They each got a picture book about Christmas, then Pauline got 2 figurines for her Nativity scene (Mary and "Dear 8 pounds 6 ounces new born infant Jesus") a
nd Gustav got a really cool little wooden nutcracker where you screw in the top and a big wooden bolt crushes the nut in the middle. It worked really well, but unfortunately Gustav isn't a fan of walnuts. He gave the rest to me. Now I understand why my dad always wanted us to wake him up on Christmas morning, even though he'd only been asleep for maybe 2 hours. I was exhausted because I had taken medicine for my cold the night before, but I just couldn't go back to bed. The kids were too excited and if I went back to sleep, I would've missed it.
y (about 6) because Gustav wet the bed and started crying. When Esther took Gustav to the bathroom to get cleaned up and changed, he saw his boot sitting outside his bedroom door with candy and presents, and suddenly he wasn't so upset anymore. Esther tried to keep them quiet, but both of the kids came running into my room telling me to look because Nicolas had left something for me, too. They had taken one of my boots from downstairs and filled the bottom of it with walnuts, then put a chocolate St. Nicolas in the heel and decorated it with pine branches. The kids had the same thing, but each of them also had two wrapped gifts. They each got a picture book about Christmas, then Pauline got 2 figurines for her Nativity scene (Mary and "Dear 8 pounds 6 ounces new born infant Jesus") a
nd Gustav got a really cool little wooden nutcracker where you screw in the top and a big wooden bolt crushes the nut in the middle. It worked really well, but unfortunately Gustav isn't a fan of walnuts. He gave the rest to me. Now I understand why my dad always wanted us to wake him up on Christmas morning, even though he'd only been asleep for maybe 2 hours. I was exhausted because I had taken medicine for my cold the night before, but I just couldn't go back to bed. The kids were too excited and if I went back to sleep, I would've missed it.
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