Postcards from Science Central

The Peanut woke us up on Christmas morning a little before 4:00 am ET with the cry of "Santa's been here!"

We mumbled to her that she needed to take her stocking and go back to her room until at least 6:00 am...and, miracle of miracles, she did. 

It was a Christmas of science-y goodness at our house, as Santa and his elves brought her a microscope and a number of prepared slides.  We were in nerd heaven for over an hour yesterday looking at paramecia, silk worms, salt crystals, and anything else on an already prepared slide.  It's funny how two nerdy parents can go right back to their love of all things science, too, given a glimpse of an amoeba under a perfectly adjusted magnifying lens.

She also got a number of books on the ocean and dolphins, playing into her current obsession with becoming a marine biologist.

*sniffle*

Our girlie loves science and studying animals.  How on earth did we get this lucky?

Don't get me wrong, there were also games and a new doll and lots of other just for fun and totally non-science presents.  We want to encourage her, not shove her, with learning gifts.  But thus far, over the stretch of yesterday and this morning, the science things are the clear favorites.

Life is good here.


Christmas for us yesterday was as relaxing and loving as we've had in ages, not the least of which because we just stayed here and played with toys and relaxed with each other -- we downsized our Christmas expectations this year, and it was wonderful. 

Hope you had a very, merry day yesterday as well. 

(Photo by Christy Hardin Smith.  I know, she is getting so big, isn't she?)