Santa Delivered

The Santa Letter


The Back of the Santa Letter...hearts everywhere!

Wesley and his Swords. His first comment was...I can't cut down a tree with these! I'm not going to lie, I think he was disappointed.

Max and his Legos. Santa substituted these for Thomas the Train. Until Max can make his own verbal requests, Santa has full authority to veto the big brother!

Happy Birthday Jesus!

During the craziness that always seems to accompany the holiday, no matter how hard we try, it is so very important to take a step back and celebrate the reason for the season. We were fortunate enough to receive this cut and assemble paper nativity scene through our church as a part of the Advent Conspiracy (adventconspiracy.org) mission. What a wonderful way to try to teach our children the true meaning of Christmas. I was saddened when I asked Wesley if he realized it was Jesus's birthday that we are celebrating and he looked confused. I admit fault! With the business of buying presents and playing up the naughty vs. nice expectations for Santa, we've probably missed hundreds of opportunities to share the story of Jesus's birth and that it is because of Him that we get to enjoy all these festivities.

Here are a couple pictures of our treasured nativity scenes. The first is our homemade nativity scene which I've grown quite fond of and the second is our Willow Creek nativity scene. Whether Jesus is a square paper cut out, a carved wooden figure or more importantly in your heart....be sure to wish him a Happy Birthday this glorious week!!

Ho Ho Ho

I took the boys to see Santa on Saturday and being sentimental I had to dig up last year's photo. They certainly have changed a lot in a year and I am curious why they appeared to be on the "nice list" last year as opposed to the "naughty list" this year! Oh well, you do the best you can! Not to my surprise, Wesley was quite timid and wanted Max to sit on Santa's lap first. Once I got Max settled, Wesley followed. You can certainly see the shyness in Wesley's eyes. Maxwell was just disinterested...hence the get me out of here look on his face. Prior to going, I tried to feel Wesley out to see what he might ask Santa for and possibly encourage a certain direction. What I didn't expect was he decided to ask Santa for a sword. He also said Max would like something Thomas the Train which was unplanned but doable. But a sword? Seriously!?!

Santa 2008

Santa 2009
Wesley encouraging Maxwell to talk to Santa!

PS. Someone always has to be having a bad hair day!

Sweet Innocence

I had to share this sweet moment of Wesley's 5 year old existence! We were in church and the time came to offer peace and greet one another. We go about our routine of greeting eachother as a family and then those around us. Then, when we are nearly done I look down to see Wesley wide-eyed and anxious with his hand extended out to shake mine and he stated with total seriousness, "Pleased to meet you!" I tried so hard to fight back a laugh as I didn't want crush his endearing heart. Peace be with you!