a special supplement to maddie's diary

activities
     - xmas songs, shows

maddie's haul
      - dinosaur sweater
      - dinosaur books
      - microscope
      - dinosaur video
      - diesel 10 & percy (trains)
      - dizzy & lofty (bob the
                          builder)
      - jigsaw puzzles
      - computer games
      - dino board games
maddie diary   christmas 2001
  
Too Much

Aw heck, we say that every year.

She loves it all.  It's not like she's gotten jaded.  She's got 4 grandparents, 3 aunts, 2 uncles, and 2 parents, and no siblings or cousins to share the brunt of their generosity and love.

She got about 4 million dinosaur-related gifts, and 3 train-related gifts.  She was the happiest kid in the world.  When she was done unwrapping, the first thing she did was go over and bury her head in her (non-Christmas-related) stuffed velociraptor puppet.
She was pretty sick the next day, and you could see signs on Christmas.  She got to bed around 10 (not atypical for her), but we finally had to wake her at 8:30.  When do you think that's gonna happen again?

While opening presents, she said almost nothing.  Just grinned and showed us.  May have been the videocamera, but she was definitely not her normal self.