Santa

At the end of the infamous ward Christmas party in which Shawn went home for an Advil and never returned, the kids all got to sit on Santa’s lap.   I was close enough to hear what they asked for—and surprised that what they asked for was not something on any of the multiple Christmas Wish List’s they’ve made.
Sugar asked for a doll.  She never plays with dolls anymore. 
Seth asked for Bey Blades.  He had spent the entire time in the line telling everyone how he was going to pull Santa’s beard…but he lost his nerve and just giggled instead.

He tried to convince Cole to do it, but a loud “DON’T YOU DARE!” from me squelched that scene.  Cole wasn’t too sure what he wanted, so he just said:  “I sent you my list, hopefully you can get me something that I listed, but I remember now that I want science things, like microscopes, beakers, Bunsen burners and all that stuff.”  Another sarcastic Great from me.

Luke had steadfastly refused to sit with Santa.  He wouldn’t even stand on the stage.  At the tail end of the night, when Santa’s Elves finally got a chance to sit on his lap and their mothers took tons of pictures, I took Luke on the stage and got him to sit on his lap.  Luke wasn’t too impressed at first.  Then, when the Hershey’s bar appeared, he was all smiles.  I had to translate for Santa, telling him that Luke wants a Lightning McQueen car—a BIG one!

Afterwards, the kids ran outside in the rain, I panicked not knowing how we would get home, and finally we found a ride and squeezed into the backseat and made it home