Here comes Santa Claus

Do you remember the excitement you felt as a child leading up to Christmas?  Writing your letter to Santa, hoping desperately that everything you asked for would fit on his sleigh.  The house filled with the delicious smell of cookies freshly baked.  Trying so very hard to fall asleep on Christmas Eve, despite the butterflies of anticipation fluttering away in your stomach.  For me, one of the beautiful things about parenting is getting to recreate those little bits of magic for my kids...

The letter to Santa.

Dictated by Ava.  Hence the part about the nails.

Decorating the tree(s).

Going out to see the lights.

 And visiting Santa, just to make sure he got that letter we sent.

He actually wrote us back.  Santa is full of surprises.

 I've said it before and I'll say it again: parenthood is awesome.