CHRISTMAS!

One year for christmas, I wanted several things, I mean as kids don't we all have millions of things on our lists and probably get like four or five of them at the most? Well, I told my mother that I wasn't gonna tell her what I wanted because Santa was gonna get it for me, well this was when I was about 12 years old and yeah I pretty much knew already that Santa Claus couldn't be real, but I still wanted to believe it ya know? Well anyways, I got a present that year that I will never ever forget, I told them to get me something good, but I wasn't gonna tell them what that might be so they would just have to figure it out. Well, my parents probably got me what i thought at the time was the coolest present ever. On Christmas morning I came to the tree with my mommy and daddy and little sister Kate who was at the time about 6. Well Kate got this cool little fake computer thing to play games on (her big present) and I had opened what had appeared to be all of mine, and didn't have a big present this year. I was bummed to say the least I mean when you are twelve years old, your super excited about Christmas, and opening your presents. Afterwards, I just sat there while Kate was playing with her new toys, wondering what I had done to not get a major present this year. A little while later my mom said "Sarah come here." I said okay and walked to her. My dad jumped out and covered my eyes, and walked me down the stairs, and into the playroom. He counted to three and uncovered my eyes. Sitting in the middle of my playroom floor, was a balance beam that my dad had stayed up all night christmas night and many weeks before building for me. I was so excited, I GOT A BALANCE BEAM, and even though that was already pretty great next to it was two mats, they had also gotten me! I was extremely excited, and felt guilty about wanting them to get me a real present! But I was just a kid, I didnt know that was down there. So for the rest of Christmas day, me and my little sister held imaginary gymnastics competitions in my basement, pretending first me being the gymnast and her the judge, then flipflopping positions. It was a ton of fun and to this day I still have the balance beam in playroom, in my basement, at home.