During the month of december we asked Brayden several times what he wanted....first he asked for a real live monkey. We explained that Santa doesn't deliver monkeys to houses, he takes them to the zoo. So, after that he decided he wanted a Polar Bear Webkin. We went to see Santa, and Santa knew Brayden had been a good boy. But Brayden did remind Santa that he did get spanked 2 times this year for being bad. After the trip to the mall Brayden said to me, "Mom, I am only asking for 1 thing cause I know if I ask for too many others might not get what they want. And Santa will bring me more cause I am so good!" What a cute kid!
During the winter, kids at school rarely wear their coats and hats...which makes Brayden sick. I can always tell when he hasn't worn his coat. So to keep with tradition I told him that I was going to have Santa's elves check in on him during recesses - just to make sure Brayden was dressing warm. I also told Brayden that I would be getting a daily report from the elves. Each night, he would ask, "Mom have you talked to the elves?" One night I let him know that I hadn't talked to them yet, but I wondered if he knew what they would tell me. Brayden said, "Well mom, I didn't wear my coat for 2 recesses." So I told him I hoped the elves took the day off, because if they had seen that they would take at least one toy away. That was the wrong thing to say to Brayden....cause remember, he only asked for 1 thing. So, my comment threw Brayden into hysterics. He was so upset that he only asked for one thing and because of his mistake he wouldn't get anything from Santa. Let's just say that one was a hard blow to recover from. But, we did.
This year we get Brayden for the 1st half of the Christmas break, and Jason takes him from 1 pm on Christmas Day until New Year's Day. Also, this year Josh has a crazy work schedule, and he had to work all day Christmas day from 6 am - 12 pm at Delta, then from 1:30 - 10 pm at the Hotel job. So we decided we would send Santa an email and ask if he could come a little early to our house. Santa was so nice, he suprised us and came on the night of the 23rd while we were sleeping. So our Christmas day was actually Christmas Eve. It was so nice to have the whole day just to relax and open gifts and hang out together.
Santa brought a big suprise for Brayden... but Brayden didn't notice it right away. Santa left a card on Brayden's gifts. When Brayden noticed it he opened it and it read "Brayden, look out the window for a suprise. Love, Santa"
It was magical...Brayden looked at us, and darted to the window. Lifted up one of the slats in the blinds and looked, it took him a minute to find it out there and then he did an almost silent ahh, and ran to the door. Threw open the door, and there it was! A basketball hoop!! Oh, Brayden was so excited! Several times he said, "I can't figure how Santa knew that I wanted one, cause I never said it out loud."
We had a wonderful Christmas, full of family and friends. Christmas truely is for children, and we are so blessed to have Brayden light up our lives. We are grateful for what Christmas means to us, and we love to celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. We are grateful for the love and peace that his example brings to us.
We hope each of you had a truely wonderful Christmas, and that it was filled with love and happiness.
