december 5th - christmas joy

Today was our breakfast with Santa and both kids were super excited to let the big guy know what they want for Christmas. Alex even brought a torn out page from his toy catalogue so he could be sure Santa knows exactly what he wants...and doesn't get some bobo version of his "yellow crane."  Gemma brought a page too, but she didn't get to it. She was petrified to go within Santa's wingspan so she just shouted "baby" when Santa asked what she wanted.  After our personal visit with Saint Nick we got our own carriage ride around Logan Square with a horse named Chipper. 

As if we did not get enough overload on holiday cheer at breakfast, we drove up to Newtown for the Shady Brook Farms holiday light show. They have over 5 million lights and it was quite a racket. Alex and Gemma loved it because we pulled over and let them climb up front as we drove through. Alex repeatedly said he "very liked" the lights throughout...with an occasional yank on the steering wheel to help daddy drive.