{"id":26550,"date":"2012-12-30T22:30:43","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T04:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/?p=26550"},"modified":"2012-12-30T22:30:43","modified_gmt":"2012-12-31T04:30:43","slug":"santa-was-good-on-his-promise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/30\/santa-was-good-on-his-promise\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa was good on his promise!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_2146.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_2146\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2146\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_2146_thumb.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"583\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is what the girls saw when they came downstairs Christmas morning!&#160; I must admit, every single thing I bought was either second hand or on sale\u2026 $10 here and there\u2026 I stretched our money so far, it looks like way more than it is\u2026 but I want the kids to remember what their Christmas looked like, so I hope this doesn\u2019t seem over the top.&#160; I enjoy shopping for deals all year round and tucking their treasures away up high in our closet.&#160; I get so excited thinking about the girls\u2019 excitement on Christmas morning all through the year!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_2126.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_2126\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2126\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_2126_thumb.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"587\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was Rose\u2019s little stash\u2026 she didn\u2019t even know what it was, so hers will keep growing.&#160; My favorite thing we gave Rose was a \u201cR\u201d necklace wrapped around the Build-A-Bear horsey.&#160; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_2127.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_2127\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_2127_thumb.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"550\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was Anna Kate\u2019s couch.&#160; Her favorite thing is dress-up, so that is what she got!&#160; She loved all the little extras, as all the asked for was a Jessie doll and outfit!&#160; That was definitely my favorite thing we gave Anna Kate!&#160; She wanted us to call her \u201cJessie Kate\u201d all Christmas day!&#160; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_2131.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_2131\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2131\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_2131_thumb.jpg\" width=\"884\" height=\"591\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_2134.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_2134\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2134\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_2134_thumb.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"598\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is Noelle\u2019s couch (can you tell)\u2026 lots of make-up\/jewelry and lots of PINK!&#160; My favorite thing we gave Noelle was her necklaces because I know she will enjoy wearing them so much!&#160; Her favorite thing was the make-up, so if you see her face transforming on the blog from picture to picture, just know we are letting her experiment and have fun doing something that she loves!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_2135.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"IMG_2135\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_2135_thumb.jpg\" width=\"880\" height=\"587\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_2136.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; 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