Sunday, December 15, 2013

Where's Santa??? 2013

Apparently he's EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!

We saw him downtown, the girls said he came to school to visit, we went to the mall again and, begrudgingly, waited in line, then he even showed up at our house!!!!! So I feel no ill will towards the hairy creeper whatsoever this year!

So here we are downtown, at an OUTDOOR Christmas event complete with Santa, reindeer, and a one horse open sleigh carriage ride! And, um, yeah....it was like MAYBE 10 degrees outside. Really??? But here they are with Santa #1. What does Morgan want? Felicity and her horse, Penny. Avery? No purple marble this year, thank goodness. No, now she wants a talking elephant. Really? I have no idea where she would have seen one or thought of it, but then again, this IS the girl who is a self proclaimed "squirrel stalker/biter".


Horse ride! His name is Wilson. For the life of her, Morgan could not remember his name, and I had to repeat it for a good three hours whenever she would talk about him.


Christmas holiday concert night at school. Okay, SOOOOOOO.........the pics are cute, but damn near impossible to get right. I had them standing there for a good 20 minutes (felt longer), because Morgan kept forcing her smile so it looked all creepy, and Avery, shockingly, couldn't stay still. So these are the best of what I got! Adorable, nonetheless, of course!






It was Avery's first concert. Here she is grabbing her friend's chest...I mean, "giving her a hug!!!"


Then we went to the mall to see Santa like we always do, and when we walked up to the Santa stand, I got excited because there was only one family there. And then the lady elf said, "That's actually the last family...." (and then I heard nothing in my head other than expletives and boiling tea kettles because if they were closing down right when we walked in I was literally gonna lose my last remaining cookie). And then she continued, "we're just going to switch out Santas, so if you could come back in 10 minutes that would be great". Okay. Phew. Crisis and Chrissy Apocalypse averted. So we went to subway, had a bite to eat, and returned to....A LINE!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Avery? In line?!?!?!?!?!? Shit.

Here's the fun that ensued...

Standing on, and wiggling on, gated barrier. Disrupting the girl sitting on Santa's lap. Distracting Santa. Good times.


Running all over the line...


Hanging on my leg...


Making a friend in line and playing "ring around the rosey"


They all fell down.


Finally, it's our turn! Thank God. I was breaking a sweat!

Here, Avery is telling Santa what she wants. Like I said, this year it isn't a purple marble. It's something far worse....
"Santa, I, ummmmmmm, I like, Santa, ummmm, I think I want, ummmmm, I, ummmm, Santa, your beard is hairy like Daddy's! I ummmmmm, want....."
You know how the next 60 seconds go.
The ending?

A GOLDEN STAR!!!!!

Shit. While we were waiting in line, she fell in love with the decorative 2 ft tall stars in the display case, and she wants one. I challenge you to go to Google and find something similar. Really.The one she wants? Stands on its own, is NOT a tree ornament or topper, is GOLD not bronze, is metal, is fairly large. What was I finding on Google/Target/Ebay/Kohls/Everywhere? Small, ornament, bronze, stuffed, wicker...everything BUT her requirements. Please go Google it. You'll feel my pain.
So I did get her a big stuffed star (Suer Mario Bros style). I showed her the picture and told her that Santa said that little girls have to get stuffed animal star - that elicited a HUGE negative reaction because she wanted one JUST LIKE SANTA'S!!!!! Poop. I considered going to the mall and stealing one of those stupid stars, or maybe bribing an elf with a bottle of wine. But then I found this.....


Are you freaking kidding me?!?!?!?! This is exactly it! 14 inches, and it even lights up! It's GOLD not BRONZE, too!!!!! She better freaking appreciate this! I don't know what I'm gonna do with the stuffed one - anyone in the market????


Morgan's turn! Santa isn't telling her to shush. He's "Dr. Evil thinking"



Avery is SO HAPPY to see him!




Here we are, now, at the water fountain. This is Morgan making a wish...



Avery wishing...


Final product with Santa!


And then, today, we got a HOME visit from Santa!!!!!! He might have been a family friend, but he might have been the real thing - who knows for sure! He was checking in on the girls to see if they were being good, and again, Avery wanted a golden star!!!! Jeez!








Avery was so sad to see him go. She kept asking him to come back or asking him a question or showing him something...in true Avery fashion! But it was a fun time, and the girls were so excited that they got to see Santa 4 times!!!!!!! They can't wait for Christmas morning!

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