They have this little kid chair and X really wanted Wes to sit with him in it. Wes clearly did not share that feeling.
Xavier also got to try out a rotary telephone. He pretty much had no idea what to do with it at first. That tells you something about how times have changed!
Overnight it snowed and I was so happy that we had gone to church Saturday night. It was great to just stay home Sunday morning and enjoy looking out the windows. It was bitter cold so we didn't attempt to take the boys out to play that morning. What we did that morning instead was get all dressed up and take our Christmas card photo. SHOOT ME IN THE HEAD! Oh my, it is so challenging to get 2 small kids to cooperate for a family photo. Not to mention the fact that we were doing ourselves with the self timer on the camera because I was not organized enough to pre-plan and have someone else take our picture. We did about 50 takes and had to do a snack break in the middle because the kids were going nuts. X did coin a new word though. He now says "cheez-er-oni" when smiling for the camera. I haven't sent the cards out yet so I'm not posting pics of that (I'm sure the suspense is killing you....not) but I'd say "good enough" describes our picture this year. It beats last year though when I was 9 months pregnant and my face alone was as big as a house!
Sunday afternoon we took the boys to see Santa. Usually we see Santa at the Parents as Teachers holiday party, but due to state program cuts there was no party this year. I was bummed because I have zero desire to take my kids to a mall Santa and stand in a ridiculous line then pay through the nose for a picture. So, I was thrilled when we got a flyer in the mail that Santa was going to be at our neighborhood clubhouse. Yay for free stuff and no lines!! We were anxious to see how X would do with Santa since the last 2 years have been DISASTROUS. Well, he wouldn't sit on Santa's lap so he sat on Walter's knee next to Santa and I just cropped Walter out of the photo. Wes did sit with Santa. He gave him a weird look at first and then just did a blank stare. Beats screaming your head off!
It cracks me up when people ask X what he wants from Santa. He just stares at them because he has no idea what that means. X knows who Santa is to recognize him, but we haven't played up the "Santa brings gifts" thing. There will be plenty of years for present requests, so for now we are enjoying the simplicity of Santa just being a fun character in books and songs.
We rounded out the evening by decorating our gingerbread house that "St. Nick" (aka grandma) had given to the boys last week. X really enjoyed this. He didn't realize that you could eat the decorations until he saw me pop a Spree in my mouth. Then suddenly eating became more exciting than decorating. I finally had to cut him off. And I had to tell him that he couldn't eat the gumballs at all. He's never had gum so he has no idea not to swallow it and I just didn't feel like dealing with that!
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