When you have kids it is hard to surprise them for Christmas. With one of my teenagers this is a really big challenge. She guesses her major gift every year without fail. That really lets the steam out of my enjoyment when she can guess her gift after all the planning and scheming that I do to try to keep it a secret. This year we finally got her! True we gave her the gift a few weeks early, but she did not have time to work on us or even think that we had gotten her something.
It was great to watch her face when she realized the the laptop she was carrying into the house was for her and not for her daddy. Her's had been starting to not act right and had a cracked screen. Since she uses this for homework for school we decided to go ahead and let her use it now. Since it is bright red she will remember that it is a Christmas gift by the color.
When you are a full time student and have 2 teenage daughters it is hard to feel like you managed to do something big and right for their day. Yesterday was exactly one of those times when you know that Mom did it right!!
