Camian Academy

I have an uncle who manages to get THE PERFECT GIFT for my kids every time. I don’t know how he does it as this uncle has never been married and doesn’t have children. He used to get us perfect gifts when we were little, too. It’s amazing.

For Ani, he got a gorgeous dress. She wants to wear it constantly and just plain feels pretty in it. When she opened it she wasn’t sure if it was really for her because it looks so grown up and isn’t pink or other pastels like most things she wears. He also got her a microscope. This was perfect timing since she was in the middle of her reader Greg’s Microscope. She has been enjoying that a lot.

For Cameron, he got a magic set. Cameron is absolutely loving it and really so is Ani. Cameron has told Ani she can be his assistant when he’s a magician. I used to do magic and so I remember some of the tricks from when I was a kid.

For Fritz, he got a Discovery Toys play table. It has a phone on it and that just thrills Fritz. He loves phones. He loves anything that could possibly be considered a phone. It also has frogs that “sing” Old MacDonald. Fritz likes to dance to that. It does various other things but the frogs and phone are definitely Fritz’s favorites.

My brother’s family gave us a children’s chess set. It has the rules around the board. This is perfect because the kids (mostly Ani) have learned to play chess using the Fritz and Chesster computer games, but remembering all the rules during the game doesn’t always happen. Ani and Cameron have been playing a lot of chess over the last couple days.

My parents gave Cameron a lamp with Spider-Man on it. Spider-Man moves and it plays the Amazing Spider-Man song when you press a button. It’s very loud and Cameron likes to hit the button and then run downstairs to listen to it and then run back to his room to press it again over and over.

For Ani, my parents got an Easy Bake Oven. She really wanted one and although the redesigned ones are hard to find, they got one. She is thrilled with it. She’s made a single layer cakes and a two-layer cake so far. For Fritz, they got a stuffed lamb. They actually got it at the Scottish Games in Williamsburg back in September. Fritz had hugged it so much my mom couldn’t resist. He still loves that lamb and talks to it and makes it “talk” back to him, too.

It was a very lovely Christmas with lots of real “hits” with the presents!