x-man + caro: Santa Claus CAME to Town!

We went to see Santa to find out when he was finally going to make his way to our house. Xavi has been a bit confused, seeing presents at his tias house. Where did those come from? There are no presents at his house! He stared, wide eyed, when he saw him and patiently waited his turn. He said he was going to ask for his presents (that's what he says when I ask him what he wants for christmas: presents - easy enough). When he sat next to santa he had nothing to say and had this look on his face.

M, don't print this one. There's a copy on the way for you and gramps.

Caro looked at him for a minute before starting to scream. They both got lollipops and were happier than kids on christmas day. Xavi walked away happily saying he saw santa and asked for his presents. Not really, said his tia Gris. He didn't like that one bit and they argued for one second about it until she gave in, because his arguing comes with crying. Now we wait. Until tomorrow for noche buena presents (from my family) and christmas morning for the rest. No traveling for us this year and with this poopy weather we can't say we aren't happy about that. That, plus, Caro has been very cranky these days. Could it be? Finally? Her teeth are coming in? We hope it's something and not just temper tantrums. She's 10 months old now and that's when Xavi got his first tooth, so maybe? Fingers crossed. PS - Caro took 4-5 steps on her own today! She did it when we were alone and had no interest in doing it again once her dad was back. Now that she's getting comfortable, I'm sure she'll try it again and before too long will be chasing her brother. It's exciting and scary all at the same time! Two walking kids - eeek!

We'll miss upstate NY for the holidays. The snow, the fires, the sledding, the family, the food. It's sad to miss this year. Wish we could teleport. Summer is fun up there too, so we look forward to the idea of traveling sans weather delays and cranky teething baby. She'll be 16-18 months old, so possibly still cranky but hopefully no weather delays. It's been the snowiest December in many years, but at least there's sledding to keep us entertained.