seeing santa and talking about santa are two different things

for the past few weeks, aidan "gets" the idea that santa is a happy man that says "ho, ho,ho"; dresses in red, and will be bringing aidan presents under the tree because "he's a good boy."

fast forward to sunday, when we attended "breakfast with santa" with our birth class friends. in addition to breakfast, the kids get to visit with mrs. and mr claus, as well as get a goody bag and story time.

remember last year's santa picture?  let me remind you:

this year:




no tears and faces of horror, but the kid wasn't in the mood. sit on this guy's lap? no way, no how.

naughty or nice?

check out this video, courtesy of disney family. a little holiday fun at aidan's expense.

that's a big bow!

aidan and i went christmas shopping at target last saturday to pick up a few odds and ends. we found this in the gift wrap section. target has everything! so, if you're giving your sweetie a new car for christmas, go to target for your BIG bow.

i'm a good boy!

it appears that this will be the year that aidan "gets" christmas.

last year, he enjoyed ripping paper off presents. he was introduced to santa, which resulted in this adorable image of horror:



this year, he is already talking about being a "good boy so santa brings me presents under the tree. every day."

we are emphasizing the "good boy" aspect, pointing out that throwing his food, making raspberries with a full mouth of food and talking back are not "good boy" behaviours and santa "doesn't like that."

don't even think of praising good behavior with anything other than, "you're a good boy, aidan!" i forgot what "good" thing he did, but i praised him with a "you're awesome, aidan!" to which he replied, "no! i'm not awesome. i'm a good boy!"