we went to see Santa yesterday. our old favorite Santa moved away last year. he was a funky, casual Christmas Santa who wore striped knee socks and a flannel shirt. the nicest man and best Santa I had ever seen. my oldest has pictures with him from 3 months old to 6 years old. but, Santa moved...to Georgia I heard. oh well, hope the Georgians are enjoying my Santa.
anyways, back to Santa. I dressed my 3 children in matching Christmas pajama pants with coordinating red, green and white shirts. the baby threw up all over himself in the car on the way to see Santa, so we made a quick trip into JCPenney with a naked baby(can we say the white trash family look is not my favorite one to wear...omg, I was mortified). found a new white onesie, and got him dressed again to match the family. the line was not too horrible, we waited about 20 minutes.
so, while we were in line, we ask the kids what they are going to ask Santa for. of course, the shopping and wrapping is done, so we had a pretty good idea of what they were going to say. this was our mistake. never assume your children will stick to their previously agreed upon Christmas lists. both of them, both of them.....wanted some completely new item never before talked about. well, that's not exactly true..let me explain.
the 8 year old happily told us that he was asking Santa for pinart. my first reaction was, wth is pinart? apparently, that is what the little toy thing is called that you press your hand in and it leaves an impression in metal. they come in colors now. he wants green. the 4 year old had other plans. she loudly tells us that she is asking Santa for something but it is a secret. she won't tell us. shit!
so, the husband and I devise a plan. after the kids have talked to Santa, I will take them over to pay for the picture, and the husband will covertly ask Santa what our daughter asked him for. brilliant, right? they may have killed some brain cells along the way, but we're still on top of the game, the man and I!
she wants My Little Pony Pinkie Pie. I have never heard of this creature. so, I did a search and found 5 pages of items that have Pinkie Pie either in them, on them, or shaped as this pink pony. I had to look through every item to try to figure out what my daughter would be wanting. prices ranged from $2.99 to $150.00. I chose something in the $20.00 range and thank the Lord, Target had that and the pinart and they will ship them to my house in 3 days. no shopping. no crowds. just the click click click of credit card numbers. whew, crisis averted...Santa will be the man yet again.
speaking of Santa getting all of the credit, I'm wondering how much longer my 8 year old will believe. some of my friends who have children the same age have informed me theirs no longer believe. I can't remember exactly when I stopped believing in the man in the red suit, but I love that my kids believe and believe with such wholeheartedness(is that a word?).
the kids have also informed us that they will be getting up super early on Christmas. they have been instructed that they can see what Santa brought them, check out their stockings, and no more until we are up, coffeed and camera ready. the baby seems more interested in eating presents...thank goodness there are some under the tree exactly for that purpose!
so...I have some food preparations to do and then I think I'll be ready. I have 1 dozen cupcakes frozen, a bunch of Christmas toffee frozen, the ham...and the menu is ready. I am hoping to make Christmas cookies with my daughter tomorrow afternoon. so, pink 3 headed snowmen are on their way to creation. (she already told me that was she wanted to make. I just smiled and said OK. it's best not to question creativity sometimes.)
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