Still Catching Up

We celebrated Christmas a week early with the Uebingers. Ben skipped school on Friday so we would arrive at a decent hour and on the way we stopped and saw Santa. It was perfect timing. There wasn't a line and they let me take my own pictures. Ben asked for drums and Owen asked for a guitar. When we walked off, Ben asked us if it was the real Santa. I gave him the standard , "what do you think", as a reply. He said, "Well, his beard looked kind of fake". Owen chimed in with, "And if felt fake when it rubbed on my face". There is no doubt, Owen is an expert on real vs. fake facial hair. Then Ben said, "I know what I should have asked him! If he knows an elf named Shelfie! (our elf on the Shelf)".   Jeremy and I just gave each other that now we're in trouble look.  Kid logic kills me. They will believe that a little toy elf can fly to the north pole and talk to Santa every night, but not that a real live person could be Santa.

Jeremy and I had strep the week before Christmas but the kids ended up not catching it from us. We weren't much fun to be around, but my parents came Friday to spend the holiday with us. The weather was fantastic, but Owen was upset that he couldn't build a snowman with them. He settled on a walk around the lake with Ben and Grandpa. Ben read them bedtime stories and turned his bedroom into a superhero toy museum by sorting every action figure and putting it on display. My mom spoiled us rotten by cooking several meals for us. That was a treat! Christmas morning the boys waited until 7 to wake us up.

Considering that there was not a set of drums to be found Christmas morning I was surprised that the Ben wasn't disappointed. That was all he wanted this year.  It was Owen who mentioned that they didn't get them. When he told Grandma Guthrie over the phone he said, "I think Santa must have just given all of the guitars to other little boys". I loved her response, "Well, then you just have to keep it on your list for next year!".  I'm hoping that something a little quieter catches their interest before then.