Sunday, December 14, 2025

Dear Santa

 

Oldest Son 1979
The most stressful thing I've done this holiday season was to book a weekend photo session for Daughter's Grands with Santa for today at the garden center we visit every year. You have to go online at exactly 10 am on the Monday before the weekend you're booking for and reserve a spot before someone takes it out of your cart. The demand is high. Daughter, The Mister, SIL and me all had our computers ready to go at the exact moment....and we all got tickets except Daughter who was shut out. We kept my ticket for 11 am and canceled the rest so other families may snap them up. Whew. My heart was beating like mad for hours afterward. But....now as I am writing this on Saturday night they are calling for snow. Snow that threatens to ruin our good time. I love snow. I especially love before Christmas snow but right now...booo. 



I can't fix the weather but here's a photo Daughter sent of her big Grand writing to Santa yesterday. Now she's on the hunt for a book about pandas and a turtle? Oh, dear. That's a problem. 



Early Morning Update: Yes, we got snow overnight and it's still coming down. Enough to ruin our outing? We'll figure that out later this morning I guess.







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  1. KSDDecember 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM

    Pandas and a turtle in one book, or one about pandas plus one about turtles? I'll go through our EXTENSIVE library of children's books about animals and see what can be found.

    Still head over heels about Big Grand's southpaw-ness.

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  2. Kim in OregonDecember 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM

    It's a red panda but needs must. https://www.amazon.com/Red-Panda-Sea-Turtle/dp/B0F3T6T5FC/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2OY3O185LBXP1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.QrA9iROAkI0qEDDM-rW6wQHO0cUDHMWgmOsKdMGm3rKcUVnWd0F-0jqzgXamtv_59BMtN6GrZL5ae1fl6SSXm-mssoo36qev2z5_CWXcFqkrZNxxHLjf7YMSaJp5--DV0TssXXB9o1Sf3GoGEJgzFc-umiS0WBpfX9qS4GpbaMFlQZ8A0VDwUD2w8TzNeBxMJ8nJIq0zwUqui4KV6gvYqCgf_kaGjo4SBPM5KYapJAw.wo7yQLXtq2uwrX6v65yZ1gq4XeWbyELuDQgIvSV1ts4&dib_tag=se&keywords=panda+and+turtle&qid=1765740297&s=books&sprefix=panda+and+turtle%2Cstripbooks%2C248&sr=1-2

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  3. Kim in OregonDecember 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM

    Or! https://www.amazon.com/Rupert-Little-Adopted-Danielles-Preschoolbuds/dp/1530787750/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2OY3O185LBXP1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.QrA9iROAkI0qEDDM-rW6wQHO0cUDHMWgmOsKdMGm3rKcUVnWd0F-0jqzgXamtv_59BMtN6GrZL5ae1fl6SSXm-mssoo36qev2z5_CWXcFqkrZNxxHLjf7YMSaJp5--DV0TssXXB9o1Sf3GoGEJgzFc-umiS0WBpfX9qS4GpbaMFlQZ8A0VDwUD2w8TzNeBxMJ8nJIq0zwUqui4KV6gvYqCgf_kaGjo4SBPM5KYapJAw.wo7yQLXtq2uwrX6v65yZ1gq4XeWbyELuDQgIvSV1ts4&dib_tag=se&keywords=panda+and+turtle&qid=1765740297&s=books&sprefix=panda+and+turtle%2Cstripbooks%2C248&sr=1-3

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    1. AraigneeDecember 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM

      Thank you! I just bought them both. Won't he be surprised!!!!!

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  4. BonnyDecember 15, 2025 at 9:23 AM

    It looks like someone else had a request for a book about a panda and a turtle and created their own: https://www.storyjumper.com/book/read/42880506/The-Panda-and-the-Turtle#

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  5. Delighted HandsDecember 15, 2025 at 10:20 AM

    Yes, it's been a very old-fashioned winter for the NE of our country!!!

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