I am so grateful and nearly lost for words (nearly, not entirely) for how generous my santa is. Not only did she give great gifts so freely, but she really showed an interest in choosing the perfect gift right from the start by immediately messaging me to get even more insight on some of my profile questions. I also suspect a little personal digging went on based on one of the gift messages. ;)

I didn't specifically ask for anything, but I did mention that with summer vacation just around the corner, it would be nice to have something to get the whole family out of the house to get a break from constant electronics. I mentioned some party store carnival games like ring toss. I didn't set the bar of expectations very high, lol.

While my santa declined to get me some cheap carnival games, she did instead gift me with TWO nice quality games to set up in our yard! Both games are even the right size to include the whole family!

The first gift I opened was a really nice wooden Franklin croquet set. She referenced Alice in Wonderland and the croquet match in her note. I'm a huge fan of Alice in Wonderland- so this was naturally a perfect idea and one that never even occurred to me somehow! The family is already eager to play and my 8 year old says that "crochet" looks like an awesome game. She "knows it's croquet, but I just like to call it crochet." ;)

We also received a Franklin badminton set. It includes some really nice rackets, a net and just everything you need to get started. I believe we will get a lot of use out of the set. Santa even included a set of 6 Franklin Replacement Birdies! Really, she thought of everything.

I feel like so much more should be said but I truly am just stunned at my santa's generosity, so from the bottom of my heart (or all of my heart??) and from my family, thank you so very much for being such a generous gifter. You have made our summer!