Wow, after a very long wait, our various postal services (from Poland to central Canada) finally got my Santa's package to me - and a very thoughtful and fun package it was, too! The package waited tantalizingly on the kitchen table until my husband got home so we could share in it's bounty!

I received a lovely foil-wrapped box, and inside were a whole bunch of lovely items!

There were two beautiful angel bookmarks, a gold and a silver one, two handmade santa tree decorations, a wine hat and scarf (so cute!!), and a really cool game called Story Cubes with a Batman theme. I'd told our Santa that I liked superheroes and board games and they managed to give me a game for BOTH!

We do in fact LOVE Batman, and my husband and I immediately set to creating two stories.

First, Comissioner Gordon was waiting for Batman in the rain, and somehow the rain always makes Batman late, even though he doesn't like to keep people waiting. Batman informs Gordon that Harley Quinn is holding some men hostage, and he'll need Gotham PD's help to get them out of there safe. Wait, is that Catwoman in the jewellery store nearby... Is it coincidence? The men are freed with the PD's help, but Harley let's loose a blimp with her puddin's face painted on it - and because it's Harley, it's full of dynamite... Alfred sends the Batwing over on auto-pilot to avert catastrophe. Batman has forgotten a sword in his Batwing's passenger seat, but maybe it will come in handy... Observed by Billy the UPS delivery guy in his truck downtown, Batman uses the sword to cut the dynamite from the blimp and it falls harmlessly into the water by the docks with the blimp. Batman apprehends Catwoman, but Harley escapes. The End.

Our second story ended up seeing us create a really terrible villain, terrible in the sense of not being very good at his craft since he was a crazy dude from Arkham after all - Inspector Gadget, who had a special gadget sword and tool belt and tried to use it to break into a bank vault... except he couldn't remember the right commands. Was that Abracadabra? Nope, that opens the giant Swiss Army Knife set. Excelsior? Whoops! Lighting the pile of bills on fire is not what the Inspector had in mind... Needless to say, Batman had plenty of time to stop him, and the bank... well the bank put in yet another claim to their insurance company.

It was a total blast, and we laughed and laughed - those cubes are coming out again for sure!!

To top it off, there was also a pretty letter-card, and a box of Mom-made cookies, which despite being several months old when they finally arrived, were safe and delicious in their well-sealed container. My husband and I both really liked the cookies!

It really made our Friday night to be able to open such a fun present!