Merry Christmas and THANK YOU!!!!!

[u/spcbttlz]

Sorry this is my first thank you post. With five kiddos and it being cold/flu season it's been rough since around Thanksgiving and when one is sick I usually post up on the couch with them, so I hadn't had time to go upstairs to get pictures of everything.

First of all, thank you so much to the mods and to everyone who played Santa for our kiddos. They had an amazing Christmas that wouldn't have been possible without you guys, and extra thanks to u/0hn035 for all of their stockings. They said this year's stockings were the best that they've ever had. Jacobi and Ember also really liked the fluffy blankets from u/School-House-Rock from the blanket contest.

I couldn't get imgur to work so I made a flickr account and posted an album there:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/202019621@N02/

There are lots of pictures, sorry I couldn't get them better organized!

Ember loved her records from u/Darkstdragon and u/AnyOtherSummer. She let out a little squeal when she opened the Joan Jett Greatest Hits album and when she opened her sewing machine from u/bumpythumbs. She also loved her shimmer outline markers from u/AnyOtherSummer and her charm bracelet from u/Darkstdragon and nearly cried over her headphones from u/Careless-Act-5416 because her cheap pair that she had broke during the last week of school.

Elliott hasn't stopped playing with his magnetic block sets from u/AnyOtherSummer and u/Darkstdragon. He also loves his Sonic Goojitsu from u/Careless-Act-5416 and his slime kit (he says it's the best slime he's ever had and it "smells so good") from u/Darkstdragon and he's already played a few rounds of his magnetic chess game too.

Rodrick is super excited to play Trivial Pursuit and "actually win" (he's tried playing the regular game with us and the questions are a little hard for him). He's also really excited about his legos from u/Darkstdragon and u/Careless-Act-5416. He also couldn't believe there were 3 squishmellows in his mystery box from u/Darkstdragon or that his slime was black. He says his slime is also 'really good slime'.

Jacobi LOVED his backgammon set from u/Crooked_Woody and his Bloomburrow and Duskmourne preleases from u/Crooked_Woody and u/Careless-Act-5416 and the MTG stuff in the absolutely AMAZING stocking u/0hn035 put together for him. He says that the playmat is really nice and extra wide and he was excited about the cards, sleeves, and deckboxes, especially the one with the life counter on it. He solved his metal puzzle from u/Darkstdragon in no time and says he's excited to build the Bluetooth radio and play rummy with his new cards when the littler kiddos go to bed this evening.

And Riddick probably had the best Christmas in his life thanks to everyone and especially thanks to u/School-House-Rock, who sent him two gigantic Lego sets, including the Millennium Falcon that he's had on his bucket list for years. I think he was speechless for a few minutes when he opened them and I'm glad I thought to take a video of it: https://www.flickr.com/photos/202019621@N02/54226584484/

He was also really excited about his Lego bulldozer from u/0hn035 and his Minecraft Legos and dragon from u/Darkstdragon and the Nutcracker Legos from u/bumpythumbs. He says that he's "ascended to Lego Heaven" and that he'll be doing Legos from now until Easter. The geodes from u/Darkstdragon were also a huge hit and he's excited to crack them open here in a little bit.

This year has been kind of rough and your guys' help allowed them all to have an amazing Christmas. I hope I didn't miss anybody in my post. Thank you to everyone again and I hope everyone has a good Christmas!

[u/AnyOtherSummer]

Thank you for sharing! Merry Christmas to you all!

[u/spcbttlz → u/AnyOtherSummer]

Merry Christmas!