Christmas

I have always loved this time of the year. It is the best. You get to spend time with your families. Then, on the morning of Christmas you open your presents from "Santa", and play with them all day long. While my Christmases are usually like that this one was very, very different. My day started off at 5:30 this morning. I woke up and took the braids out of my hair for crimping it. At six my mom was ready for us to open presents, so up the stairs we ran. Although it might have looked like we had more presents than most people, we don't. We just had a normal amount (even though I'm not even sure what normal is). It just looked like more because there are lots of us living here. We started ripping through the wrapping paper and tearing up boxes to find the happy gadgets inside of them and you wouldn't believe all of the exciting things we got.

You know what a bop it is right? Well if you don't I will tell you. It is one of my favorite toys. I grew up with Bop Its. It was all my sisters and I would play with when we were little. We loved it! We probably went through so many of them. So you can only IMAGINE the excitement of my sisters and me when we opened that box. It was probably one of the best things we got.

Another thing that we got is a Henna Tattoo Kit. This definitely brings back memories. Don’t know what a Henna Tattoo is? Well I’m not so sure what it is either but I will try to tell you. I got my first Henna Tattoo in Hawaii on vacation with my family a few years ago. They put this gunk stuff where you want the Tattoo and in the design you want. Mine was a sparrow. I asked to have it put on the inside of my ankle. I was very excited when it was finished. Then I heard the instructions. I had to not let anything touch this “gunk” until it was dry. Then I had to let it dry and fall of by its self (kind of like dry frosting falling off of a cookie). This is kind of what mine looked like. Getting this kit allows me to relive those amazing memories in Hawaii. Plus, my sister is amazing at making these! When they are dry and it is all peeled off it looks light brown. Amazingly these tattoos last up to four weeks. These are great fun and don’t hurt at all! It just feels like putting frosting on your skin, letting it dry, peeling it off, and then it leaves a mark. I would recommend trying these out. They are super cool!

This is not actually what mine was. Just a picture that most resembled it off of deviant art

Although this was only part of my Christmas I will remember these things for the rest of my life. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a Happy New Year to you!