Chapter 3 What to get Maggie

When Leo, Raph, Mikey and Master Splinter got the evites from April and Donnie inviting them to spend Christmas with them along with Magdalene their response was, "YES!" "We would have to be out of our fucking minds if we don't spend Christmas with them especially our niece Maggie" Raph said to his brothers who agreed with him. Ever since the birth of their niece the three proud uncles promised to be there for their little niece as much as possible for all the first times she celebrates a holiday with the family. "Hey guys what do you think we should get Maggie for Christmas?" Mikey asked Leo and Raph. "That's a good question Mikey" said Leo. "Master Splinter what do you think would make a good present in honor of Maggie's first Christmas?" Leo asked his Sensei. "Whatever gifts you wish to give to Magdalene I know that it will come from your hearts and she will love them because they are from her loving uncles. After all when you four were children I loved all of the presents you gave me on my birthday, Christmas and Father's Day because I know they came from your hearts. Plus April and Donatello will appreciate anything you give to Magdalene" Splinter advised. Leo, Raph and Mikey all thought about what Master Splinter said and they knew he was right. "Whatever presents we choose to get our sweet baby niece will come from our hearts" Leo stated. "You're right fearless leader" said Raph as the three of them started brain storming ideas.

Leo. Raph and Mikey thought it would be a good idea to come up with ideas for presents together along with help from April's dad Kirby and her aunt Carol. They needed all the help they could get because they were stumped. "I think it's a great idea for all of us to come up with gift ideas together because Carol and I are going Christmas shopping. Care to join us?" Kirby asked the turtles. "Sounds like a plan" answered Mikey. "Um Kirby how are the turtles supposed to join us? I don't want people freaking out seeing giant walking talking turtles" Carol told her brother. "No worries Ms. O' Neil Donnie invented these hollo watches for us before he and April got married when we were shopping for our tuxes" Leo showed April's aunt. "My niece is very lucky to be married to your genius brother. One more thing call me Carol Leo. That goes for you guys as well. Ms. O' Neil sounds so formal and I've known you guys for a while now" Carol said to the turtles. Leo, Raph and Mikey turned on their hollo watches and Carol was amazed at her nephew in law's invention. She couldn't believe how human they looked. "It's like you guys were never giant talking turtles at all. Bravo to Donnie for his invention" Carol said as she, the turtles and her brother Kirby headed to a couple of stores in the neighborhood to begin their Christmas shopping together.

The turtles, Kirby, and Carol visited a couple of stores. Kirby and Carol found some nice presents for April, Donnie and Maggie as well. Secretly Kirby and Carol got presents for each other when they weren't shopping together the other day. Carol was glad that she started off her shopping the other day alone because she didn't want anyone to know she was getting a present for Rockwell since they haven't revealed to anyone the status of their relationship. "So did you guys find gifts for Maggie?" Kirby asked the turtles. "Not really. We didn't realize that shopping for our niece's first Christmas gift would be this hard" answered Leo. "We want our gifts to be perfect that she'll love always and cherish forever" said Raph. "We did however find nice presents for Donnie and April" Mikey exclaimed as he and his brothers showed Kirby and Carol what they got for the happy couple. "You know before we left to go shopping we asked Master Splinter what would be a good present for Maggie and he said that we should get her something that came from our hearts because he believes it's the thought that counts and we think so too but we want our presents to be special" Mikey said.

"Master Splinter is right. When Carol and I were growing up we gave our parents every thoughtful gifts. Most of them were homemade because our parents loved anything homemade because they believed that was the best kind of present is something you can create with your own two hands" said Kirby. "My brother is right. We made our parents a lot of nice gifts since we grew up at the farm house and our father had a lot of material to work with and we were pretty good with tools because our father taught us at a young age how to use them but carefully of course" Carol told the turtles. After she said that the turtles got an idea of what to get Maggie and thanked them both for the helpful advice. When the turtles got home they started planning on their gifts for Maggie together. As for Kirby and Carol they were happy to help out the turtles anyway they were able to. When Carol was home alone she heard a tap on her window and saw that it was Rockwell coming to visit. "Hey Tyler how are you tonight?" Carol asked him. "I'm doing well. Carol I've been thinking about something for a while now" Rockwell said to Carol.

"What's on your mind Tyler?" asked Carol. "Well your niece and Donatello invited me and my team to spend Christmas with them which we accepted and I think that we should tell everyone about us" answered Rockwell. "You're absolutely right Tyler. We really like each other a lot and April basically knows what's going on since she saw you asking me out on Thanksgiving" Carol told him as she and Rockwell planned to tell everyone at Christmas about them.