This year the kids were lucky enough to see Santa twice and both times were during a personal visit to our family Christmas parties. Of course, I would have to admit that poor Dax was probably not so thrilled about either one. He is terrified of Santa this year. Poor kid! He actually did a little better at the first family party than the second, but I think it was because he was already shy and nervous at the second one because there was a ton of people at that one.
Our first family party was with Brett's side of the family. Brett wasn't able to make it because we had it at 5 pm and he wasn't able to get off work early enough. I took the kids and went to his grandma's house. There was grandma Dean, Tom, Uncle Jeff, Judi, Josh, Michelle, Mercedes, Gage, Rylee, Dax and myself. We were all just hanging out and enjoying the kids when in walked Santa with a loud, "ho ho ho". Dax got scared instantly and wanted to come right back to me. I was hoping he would sit with grandma since I was in charge of getting some pictures, but it didn't happen. Good thing I can multi-task!
When Rylee heard Santa come in, she said she thought it was Uncle Jeff just messing around and pretending to be Santa when she just heard "ho ho ho-Merry Christmas", but then she realized that Uncle Jeff was right there with us. Her jaw dropped and then she got the biggest smile ever. She got right up there and told Santa that she wanted a toy mommy dog with babies inside her belly. They are called Rescue Pets and the mommy is pregnant with puppies and you end up with with a surprise of two or three puppies inside.
Tom thought all along she had asked for a real puppy and was trying to convince Grandma Dean that they should get her a puppy. Thank goodness they cleared it up with me before buying her a real puppy.
Afterward all the kids played with their presents and had a great time together. Michelle and Josh came to see our new house after the party and hung out while Rylee and Mercedes played.
It is always so much fun getting togetherfamily during this time of year!
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