First, we put on our Christmas jammies. Then we headed outside with 4 boys in tow. It was time to spread the reindeer food in the front yard. We don't want to take any chances that our house will be missed!
Everyone gets a handful of reindeer food...
This part always reminds me of airplanes getting ready to take off. The boys run in a circular flight pattern to ensure that the front yard is covered in shimmering reindeer treats.
H thinks this is all a bit strange, but he is willing to go along with it (from a distance, as he stays inside where it is warm and toasty).
K begins "the" letter to Santa. He always makes sure to ask everyone about their special request from the jolly guy. Just in case Santa gets confused, we want to make sure he knows exactly what we want in this house.
This year J decided to make his own card for Santa. It reads, "I hope. You. Like. Your. Cookies. Ho Ho Ho." As you can tell, he has been working on capitalization and punctuation at school. His teacher taught him to underline letters needing to be a capital. He took it to the extreme...each word needed a capital and each word was a sentence. Who knew?
All joking aside, I should definitely acknowledge that he drew the best cookie snowman Santa I've ever seen.
The next morning we awoke to many surprises under and around the tree. The boys began to mentally check things off the list...
Airsoft gun...check
Wagon/scooter....check
Star Wars Legos and tent....check
Red Scooter with matching helmet...check
Pokemon dragons...Palkia and Dialga...check
Airsoft gear...check
Looking back, we should have a taken a photo of all of the boys with giant smiles on their faces, but I don't think we could have torn them away from their individual goodies long enough to get it. Maybe next year...
Uncle Ben, Mighty, and Boppy steal a hug from one another.
Mighty learns that riding a scooter is hard work. He stops for a break every now and then on the curb.
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