All Athena wanted for Christmas was a rainbow ball. A rainbow ball. Like the one in her counting book. The one that is her favorite. Seems like a very sweet and simple request...too simple, in fact.
Of course, Walmart didn't have it, it's a summer item, and I found nothing at Target, KBToys, or Kmart. I thought for sure Toys R Us would have a whole wall of balls and at least one of them would be rainbow striped, but no. I considered getting a plain ball and painting the stripes myself. Instead I just asked her again. Each of the 17 times I asked she said she wanted Santa to bring her "a rainbow ball."
This dream of her opening a box on Christmas morning with the perfect rainbow ball filled my head, until I forgot about it in the last minute Christmas Hub Bub. Luckily, when it was time to talk to Santa, she was too terrified to approach him. And, that was my "out." See, she never technically asked him, so how would he know?
And then, the day after Christmas we all went to Chuck-E-Cheese. Unca Stu, because he has super human powers, accumulated 487 tickets. When the time came for Athena to choose what she wanted, she select one item from the 10 ticket box, one item from the 20 ticket box (you see where I'm going). The annoyed 16 year old at the counter hoping to speed us along said: "How about one of these" and guess what she was holding? The perfect "rainbow ball" with Chuck's head right in the middle of it. I hope I always remember the look on Athena's face at that precise moment.
So, what is the lesson learned here? Is Chuck-E-Cheese actually Santa? Have they ever been seen in the same room together? Or does Santa work in very, very mysterious ways? Hmmm.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
A Christmas Story
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Oh I'm so glad she got her ball!!! It's hard to make all their dreams come true huh? My sil was telling me what Matt said when she asked about was he got from Santa and he responded with his usual longwinded answer which I'll shorten as,"I got a couple things I asked for, a bunch I didn't but I'm okay with that." lol
Awww, that is a story that will be told for many years. How cute she wanted a rainbow ball. I am so glad she was able to get it, no matter HOW she got it.
A rainbow ball...at least that is a little more feasible than what my 3 year old asked for...a monkey!?!? Can you have Unc Stu check with Chuck E for that one?
That is adorable. So glad she got her rainbow ball! Thank goodness for superstar uncles too!
They say if you get everything you ask for, you didn't ask for enough, but I'm glad little rainbow balls are hard to come by. It gives meaning to great little stories like these.
How cute!!! That worked out just right! I want to know how Stu got all those tickets!
Kyla, play the game where the light goes around in a circle and you have to stop it in the middle between two lines to get the jackpot. It's pretty easy to hit after some practice and you will get 4 tickets even if you miss, plus its super fast.
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