Jaydon LOVES SANTA!! Or I should say, everything about Santa except acutally meeting him. He has been talking about Santa since the day after Thanksgiving. Christmas lights are called Santa lights, he wakes up every morning saying "Santa come?" and he is obsessed with all things Christmas right now - he must be my child. It is so fun to watch this year and here I was thinking we probably had one more year before he really got it, but no, I am pretty sure he gets it! He wants us to set the timer for when Santa will get here, he moves his Santa on his advent calendar each day, he can find Santa in all of our look and find books and he is just anxiously awaiting his arrival.
However, with all that being said, he is not so sure about seeing Santas in real life, his quote is that Santa is "a big guy" and early on he would call him a "tough guy." We have tried to get across that Santa is a big guy but also a really nice guy and it sort of works but he is still a bit hesitant.
Grandma and Gram took him to visit Santa at their local tree lighting and holiday party at the community center. Note the lovely crown on his head that he made at the craft site. However, he was not happy to get so close to Santa. One of the cutest things though is that when you ask him what he wants Santa to bring him for Christmas, he always responds with "an apple."
Sorry this picture broke, I moved the email I received it in to the trash before being sure it came through all the way and so this is all I have, but I enjoyed that when Dad showed up at the community party Jaydon did quite a bit better with Santa.
We prepped all the way to the mall for our Santa picture. We talked about sitting on his lap and smiling, "saying cheese" as Jaydon would say, he was so excited. However, when we got there Jaydon again did great until he was about 2 feet away, then he wanted nothing to do with Santa. I did get him to sit on the rocking horse and Santa sort of snuck in for a picture but unfortunately Jaydon tried climbing down before we got a good shot and Santa was trying to make sure he didn't fall while climbing down when Jaydon realized he was right behind him and all was lost. This is the best we got!
It has been such a fun holiday season already and I can't wait until it is actually Christmas and Jaydon to see Jaydon's reaction to the 'neighbor' Santa who is going to come to our celebration and provide presents (an apple to Jaydon of course).
Brenna working hard on her ornament.
Hudson (the party thrower) and Jaydon in front of the tree.
Enjoying some Mac and Cheese, along with lots of other delicious food and goodies.
Singning carols with all kinds of instruments.
Uncle Bill up to his old tricks, trying to teach Keeloch a new trick.
The cheese was strong incentive but neither Keeloch nor Bailey were all that fond of the laundry basket.
Inside SNOWBALL FIGHT! See video at bottom.
Jaydon out for a walk with the Dad.
Auntie Jenny, Dad and Jaydon
Joe with the football!
Jaydon on the snow, it was pretty hard and crusty but he still enjoyed being on it.
Ooops a slip!
Looking at the ducks with Dad.
Shoulder ride! Dad had been gone in AK the previous week so Jaydon always loves to spend a lot of quality time with him when he comes back.
Jenny and L, finally Jen was the non-photogenic one :-)
Better!
Lunch time! Jim, Sam, Joe and Jaydon.
Grabbing food for the feast! We have such glorious lunches we don't need to eat much for dinner which is nice because it leaves more room for cookies and Aunt Mary's Almond Roca.
Decorating Cookies!
This year the winner was Jeremy, for his Santa hat dinosaur in the middle! Awesome!
Out for the lighting of the streets in Leavenworth.
First the tree, then all the buildings! Jaydon loved seeing all the "Santa Lights"
Family photo
Jaydon did a great job meeting Santa here and was having a good conversation with him, asking for an apple of course.
Photo op.
Family in town, Jim, Jeremy, Jaydon, L, Jenny, Grandma, Britt and Gram.
Next adventure were the car races! Jaydon really enjoyed playing with the cars.
Dad modifying the track to make it have a loop!
Joe gazing lovingly into Santa's eyes. We were a bit full of good food and sweets by this time!
Our tree.
Daddy hard at work on one of his many school projects! Yea that he is now finished for the year!
drinking!
smiling!
Jaydon and Gram at the tea house!
Sorry this picture broke, I moved the email I received it in to the trash before being sure it came through all the way and so this is all I have, but I enjoyed that when Dad showed up at the community party Jaydon did quite a bit better with Santa.
We prepped all the way to the mall for our Santa picture. We talked about sitting on his lap and smiling, "saying cheese" as Jaydon would say, he was so excited. However, when we got there Jaydon again did great until he was about 2 feet away, then he wanted nothing to do with Santa. I did get him to sit on the rocking horse and Santa sort of snuck in for a picture but unfortunately Jaydon tried climbing down before we got a good shot and Santa was trying to make sure he didn't fall while climbing down when Jaydon realized he was right behind him and all was lost. This is the best we got!
