Duke Met Santa
As you can probably imagine, we talk
about Santa a lot at our house lately. Ryan and I figured out that the whole “Santa’s
watching” bit was highly effective against bad behavior in early November, so
at least 60% of the time, it’s us bringing him up. Anyway, Duke's been hoarding
wishlist items for the last month or so and he got really amped when I
suggested that we could actually meet him and have a quick little chit-chat.
And he practiced man. He got his speed talk down to a science. "'mote controlled excavator, monster trucks, a saw, a screwdriver, a toy drill, a 'mote controlled excavator, monster trucks...." all in 15 seconds flat.
And he practiced man. He got his speed talk down to a science. "'mote controlled excavator, monster trucks, a saw, a screwdriver, a toy drill, a 'mote controlled excavator, monster trucks...." all in 15 seconds flat.
Well, per my typical poor planning
MO, I failed twice. I took him to a parade to see Santa and that's where I
learned that seeing him scoot by on a sleigh shaped float wasn't good enough.
So then I took Duke to a random place where I saw Santa hanging out, but he
wasn't there when we showed up.
But then, small towns came in
clutch. Lake Ann had their tree lighting ceremony on Sunday and Santa showed up
in a mf fire truck, which is like, two of Duke’s dreams coming true.
However, please do refer to the
photo above. Duke adamantly refused to say one damn word to Santa. Instead, he
covered his face with a plastic fireman's hat and giggled nervously while I
coaxed him into at least making eye contact.
Totally could have been worse
though. Duke is three and this is the first time I've ever taken him to see
Santa, and if nerves are the worst of it - cool. He didn't cry, but I think he came
close when we walked away and Ryan was like, "hey man, Santa doesn't know
what you want.....because you didn't tell
him."
As we walked to the car, he got back to reciting feverishly: "'mote controlled excavator, monster trucks, a saw, a screwdriver, a toy drill, a 'mote controlled excavator, monster trucks...."
Good thing Santa's always watching, right?
Anyway, we're going to write Santa
a letter this week and try to rectify things. But I have a feeling he knows.As we walked to the car, he got back to reciting feverishly: "'mote controlled excavator, monster trucks, a saw, a screwdriver, a toy drill, a 'mote controlled excavator, monster trucks...."
Good thing Santa's always watching, right?
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Hey, happy Wednesday you guys. Halfway there.
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