A Father's Christmas Duty...

I always laughed at the stories that my mom told of my dad staying up till all hours on Christmas Eve to put toys together, whether it was a dollhouse, bike, or any of the millions of toys we received as children, "Santa" always had them put together so that they were ready to play with as soon as the gift was opened. My dad then made the rule that if it needed to be assembled, then it wasn't purchased. I got to witness this as a mother this year. We bought Ella a shopping cart and baby doll...here is Joe assembling the cart, you should have heard his frustration as it wasn't going together very easily, but well worth the work on Christmas morning.