Finally....A Start to the Many Christmas Celebrations!

We don't mess around with Christmas here. The kids were able to celebrate the holiday at several events. The anticipation was a bit much by the actual date but the kids both fared well & enjoyed all of the holiday spirit....
We had our 3rd annual playgroup Santa party to get everyone in the spirit...Santa was a brave soul to enter the room with all of the kids hyped up on sugar & treats;)

Mason was thrilled upon Santa's arrival and promptly parked himself front & center....so we waited for him to get up and take a turn each time a new child had a chance....and waited.

After some prompting & lack of anyone else left to have a turn...our boy was itching for a gift from Santa's bag. He had to step out of his comfort zone in order to score his gift & sat on Santa's lap....

Wouldn't say he talked Santa's ear off but his dear friends Laurel & Matthew saw what was happening & stepped up and spoke on his behalf. They didn't want Santa to miss his name or his Christmas wishes, Laurel just let Santa know that "Mason was a little shy but that's okay."

.....so through all of the crazy sales, shopping & excess of the Christmas season this was a nice reminder of what the holidays are about....