Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Santa and Saint Nikolaus
We had to squeeze in a quick visit to Santa this year. The kids weren’t overly enthused about visiting him (Zachary didn’t even want to be in the photo), and none of them sat in his lap or told him what they wanted this year. Benjamin is becoming suspicious, and was adamant that this was NOT Santa because Santa is at the North Pole. On several occasions, he would remind me that Santa wasn’t real. He never indicated that someone told him that Santa wasn’t real, instead he kept saying the Santa we saw wasn’t at the North Pole so couldn’t be real. I think I convinced him that the “Santa” with whom he had his photo made was one of the real Santa’s helpers. He still eyed me rather suspiciously. Hmmmm.....MacKenzie, on the other hand, is adamant that he’s real, and continues to ask for a photo of him so she can show her friends.
A few days after they had their photo made with Santa, they left boots out for Saint Nikolaus’ visit. They were all hoping for loads of treats, as is evident by the multiple boots and shoes left by the door for him. From left: Zachary’s hiking boot, MacKenzie’s hiking boot, MacKenzie’s homemade red construction-paper boot, MacKenzie’s homemade purple construction-paper boot, Benjamin’s rain boot, Benjamin’s sneaker and Benjamin’s crock. As always, Saint Nikolaus only filled one boot each with candy. Can’t blame them for trying, though!Labels: Benjamin, Christmas, MacKenzie, Zachary
