Our kids have never sat on Santa's lap. No, were not anti-Santa! Anderson has been terrified of the mall Santa's every year. I of course didn't sit him with him when he was 3 months old and by his second Christmas he was really attached to me and I couldn't be two steps away from him. Even last year he would hide if we walked past a Santa. Brandon, myself and the kids went to the mall Friday afternoon to finish Christmas shopping (that's another story) and Grayson got a glimpse of Santa. We were on the top level and Santa was on the ground level. Grayson kept saying elevator...elevator! He NEEDED to see Santa. We went down to check out the line. It wasn't so bad so we decided this year was the year for Santa. We waited a long time, but finally got to see the big guy in red! Aubree was DONE with waiting so she was more excited about the pack of Spiderman fruit snacks she had in her hand. I thought for our first Santa visit, our photo that Brandon took turned out ok! I sure wasn't paying $24.99 to get a professional one!!! :)
Meet Tyler, he's our Elf on a Shelf! He arrived at our house last Friday night thanks to online shopping at Barnes and Noble! Anderson named him Tyler and he was not very keen on the fact that he's magical and can fly to the North Pole each night to report back to Santa. He was a little freaked out I think! He kept saying I don't want him to be magical. Of course, Grayson hasn't quite figured out that Tyler is there to make sure he's a good little boy, and Anderson gets mad if Tyler has a good hiding place the next morning!
We have a half naked tree this year thanks to my princess! As soon as the boys and I started putting ornaments on the tree (where she could reach them) she just brought them back to us. I tried to tell her no, but who wants to tell a toddler no for a whole month.... not me, so maybe this will be the last year that we have a modified Christmas tree!!!
There are some good things about our rental house. I love the mantel over the fireplace especially since I get to put our stockings on it. We didn't have one in our other house. A fireplace was optional and we just decided to not spend the money on it. A mantel will be a must in a new house... I think I put about every other Christmas decoration that I have out this year on the mantel....... That way Aubree can't destroy them. It's a little busy, but oh well... couldn't be busier than the rose wallpaper in the dining room right next to the pear tree wallpaper in the kitchen....oh.. the 80's! Gotta love 'em!
3 comments:
I have yet to take our kids to see Santa. At least you have a tree with the house on the market and going to PA for Christmas did not put one up. We are going to sneek in the boys room one night and put up a small tree and train.
i LOVE the tree. nothing says "i have a toddler" like a half naked tree!
Awh that picture is cute. Aunt Bek would have paid the $25. It would have been worth it for "documentation!"
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