FINALLY Meeting Santa

So, we have attended TWO church Christmas parties this season and our kids had yet to see Santa! He was a no show both times! (Lame) ANYHOO, Matt's brother, Ben, had this community Christmas party thing and SANTA FINALLY CAME TO TOWN!

A couple hilarious things happened at this gathering. First, before Santa made his grand entrance - we were asked to sing "Here Comes Santa Clause." Quickly try to sing that song in your head. Do you know any of the lyrics past "...right down Santa Clause lane?" Because we didn't. Neither did all of the people there. It was so funny. So instead we broke out into "Santa Clause is Coming to Town." It was just like Elf. Awesome.

Then, Santa was so awesome. Before he sat down he went all around to the kids to say hi and to tell them to come sit on his lap. When he told Livy this she quickly blurted out, "I want a big girl bike!" Santa laughed and asked her to come sit down on his lap anyway because he might have a present.

THEN, Santa finally sat down and no one moved except for Livy, of course. She ran up there (even though she was still a little scared) and hopped on his lap and quickly reminded him that she wanted a big girl bike for Christmas. Everyone was laughing. Here we are crashing their party, and Livy's taking full advantage of the situation. We were laughing so hard.

Then we put Adam on his lap and tried to take a picture. Here it is:

He was beyond terrified. So we rescued the poor boy and Livy got down from his lap and then immediately told me (in front of him), "He's going to bring me my big girl bike!" I mean, she really wants this thing!

Anyway, the kids sat back down and played with their sweet treats/gifts from Santa.

Then Santa gestured us over and wanted to try one more time with Adam. We were smart this time and popped some candy in his mouth. Best idea ever! Livy was hesitant this time, of course! Apparently, she was scared of his "big fluffy beard." Ha! So we did what any good parent would in a stressful moment - bribed her. She accepted and hopped back on his lap and told him, "Merry Christmas!" So cute.

Perfect!