One of Miya's Christmas Gifts

A few years back we tried wrapping a few things to see if Miya would open on her own.  When she was younger, she couldn't be bothered but that has changed.

Now she looks forward to her gifts and takes care of unwrapping on her own..........making the best scattered mess you can imagine with torn paper.  So funny to watch.

What's even funnier is the fact she somehow knows which gifts are hers and we have to set them back under the tree where she can't get to them.  This year after she opened her three gifts, she was like a little kid watching us open ours and waiting for more of her own. 

When the box came in from Chewy, I immediately opened and wrapped her gifts.  She never saw them but, again, she somehow knew that box had goodies in it for her.  She sat glued in the same spot watching my every move.  Then followed me to the tree and tried her best to get to them.  She sat and stared, would come and do her "I want something" whimper, and return to the front of the table that holds the tree....looking back and forth at me and the tree.  Some days she'd not think about it but then some days I would catch her nosing around the tree.  She's always the first to open her gifts before we start.

Anyways.........one of the gifts was this soft "trunk" with three baby chipmunks.  It's a hide and seek toy where you put the babies inside and dogs pull them out.  This is Miya's favorite.  It's about half her size and so funny to watch her carry it around with or without the babies tucked inside.