Surprise Package

Last night just before putting the boys down for bed, I went out the get the mail. I was happily surprised when there was a key for one of the bigger postal boxes in my mailbox! That meant a package!! I was even more curious when I saw it was addressed to me and Simon from my parents. I wondered what it could be that would just be for the two of us.

Simon was preoccupied when I brought the box in the house so I opened it up and read the note from my parents. The box contained a Mickey Mouse backpack with a few toys inside. My parents have been cleaning up their house because they are trying to sell it and move up here to Utah, so they have been going through old stuff and trying to get rid of things. The note my dad wrote was basically they found this backpack and a few toys while cleaning up the house and thought Simon would enjoy them for our upcoming Disneyland trip. I was so excited from their thoughtfulness. I new Simon would love it all!

As I showed Brian what was in it, Simon noticed the backpack and lost interest in everything else he was doing. He hasn't let that backpack out of his sight since (other than today while at daycare, but I had to force him to leave it in the car). I even found the backpack in his bed with him when I went in to check on him last night. He is just so cute!

The toys are mainly old matchbox cars but he LOVES that size car right now and there was a Toy Story Woody action figure and a little fireman. The etch-a-sketch may have been my favorite though! These are going to be perfect for our long road trip next month...hope they keep him entertained in the car as long as they do currently!