Christmas is near! Thankfully, Santa has been all (well, mostly) wrapped and ready to go for a while now! He is ready to have the entire rest of the year off. Since I’ve been his number one helper, that means I get at least some time off too, right? I am so excited to see the kids’ faces when they come out of their rooms on Christmas morning. They will be adorably dressed in the coordinating Snoopy pajamas that their elf, Rocky brought them this morning. Funny story about that: Rocky left pajamas and a note for the kids this morning. Taylor ran into the boys room to tell them about the Snoopy pajamas, and Jackson’s response was “Aw crap! Really?” I’m not sure what caught him off guard (or where the language came from) because he loves Snoopy.

Taylor came home from school last week with a list of things she apparently asked Santa for. Two of them were do-able, and things she was already getting. The number one item, however, was a bike and it is all she’s been talking about. Let’s just say our thanks to Amazon prime for this one. I’m pretty sure we will have one super excited, albeit, spoiled girl come Christmas morning. Thankfully, Daddy put on his elf hat and assembled that bike with holiday cheer.

We visited Todd and my dad at work today, and had a lot of fun! The kids loved visiting everyone and even got some gifts from one of Todd’s coworkers / a friend of mine. They thought it was awesome that Christina helped Santa give them early presents! They also got a Minion toy from another coworker. I guess they took pity on my poor, deprived kids when they saw a picture of the three kids playing with two minion toys and a banana the other day. Now they each have a talking minion, and though my house is ever-filled with fart noises and silly minion voices, it’s equally filled with laughter from my children, and that’s not bad at all. We have so many people who love on our kids, and it’s so wonderful.

This year, one of the guys in the company dressed up as Santa. He is such a sweet guy, and has the Santa body type, so he was quite believable. The kids saw him from afar and couldn’t wait to get near him. As soon as Santa made it upstairs, all three kids (led by Jackson), raced up to him. They grabbed his legs and squealed with excitement. They had little chants of “Santa! Santa!” and could barely get the words out about how they were ready for him to come to our house. They also quickly told him that they were being good (lies), and that they know Rocky the Elf is going back to the North Pole soon. It was honestly such a sweet, innocent moment to see them in.

Later in the day, we saw Santa loading a plate full of food. The kids were watching him intently. As he walked by us, Taylor said “Wow, Santa! That sure is a lot of food! Why do you need so much food?!” Santa made some adorable excuse about needing to feed the reindeer and headed over to his desk to eat. Taylor, never missing a beat, apparently watched him eat because she came up to me and said “Umm Mom? It sure doesn’t look like he’s sharing any with those reindeer.” Man, this kid makes me laugh.

I hope everyone has a happy, healthy, and safe holiday. Enjoy!