Before we went on our trip back tot he states the kids enjoyed Playmobil Advent Calendars. Of course all kids get excited about opening the little door each day, but I think it's fair to say we all got excited to take a small box off the calendar and place it in the scene we were building. Kyle had a pirate themed calendar and Vika's was an outdoor animal/wilderness theme. These were fantastic and the kids are still enjoying them!
Probably Kyle's very favourite gift he received for Christmas was his fireman's suit. He received this from Ami and Papa when we were celebrating Christmas with Brian's family, including his brother, his wife and their 5 children. Kyle and Pierce are only days apart in age and it was fitting that Pierce received a policeman's uniform. They were so cute playing resuce for hours that day! Kyle wears his suit almost daily! While we were still in the States Kyle wore it out for several outings with Papa. Papa even had to introduce the "visiting Italian fire chief" to the local fire department, and the police department a couple of days later! They also went and walked the boardwalk - which is somehting the two of them have always enjoyed doing together.
When we returned to Italy, it was all but forgotten that Santa had written in his Christmas note that he had left a few things at our place in Italy. (Santa sure knows haow to save a family from hauling stuff halfway aroudn the world!) The kids were thrilled with the surprise of finding more gifts! Kyle found a great start to his Lego collection and Vika instantly took a liking to her pink Pegasus!
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