Really this is the first good one I have had in a while. This morning I woke up a little later than I had planned. Satomi was already up. I took a quick shower man was it cold and then got dressed quickly.
I went upstairs to the attic and got out the presents for Eric that we had bought I put them on the couch in our room where Eric was sleeping on the bed. I was quiet and careful not to wake him. Next I went down and got THE HUGE box of presents my mom dad and Sister Mary had sent. I put those on the couch as well then made allot of noise as I removed the box from room hoping Eric would wake up and see all the presents. No such luck. He was in a deep sleep.
Satomi came upstairs and we woke Eric up together.
He was kind of slow to realize it what was going on but when he actually saw all the presents he jumped out of the bed and rushed across to the couch.
He said "WOW ipaidat!" (There’s allot)
The rest of event took less than 10 minutes as he tore through the presents.
He would pick one up and ask if it was his, if it was he opened it right away. He got lots of great stuff like a remote control submarine, 2 sets of laser tag guns (one from Aunt Mary and one from the whole Hughes Family! Thanks Mom and Dad the extra set will be cool for team play!) Some Japanese learning games that he really seems to love.... and he is pretty good at. Clothes of course and some candy in his stocking with the perfect compliment to that..... A new Spiderman electric tooth brush.
Some where in the middle of opening his presents Eric said "Theres so many... I wasn’t that good this year!" I loved that it made me feel like he really understands what it means to be a good boy. So next year I am going to expect him to be even better!
Satomi got a watch that she has wanted for a long time and I got some clothes.
Even though it is Christmas it is still a work day here so we all had to get going. I made a quick call to Mom and Dad to thank them for the presents and we were off. Satomi dropped me at the station and I caught the bus back to Tokyo and she took Eric to school and went to her job. I am tired cause of all the stuff that has happened and what I went through to make sure I was here to open those presents, but it was all worth it.
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