Sitting on Santa (Ackkkk!)

Did you know that Santa Claus himself attended our ward Christmas Party on Saturday night? Wow! He was delightful, of course. Nate took some pictures with his phone of our 3 littlest ones enduring the horrifying experience of sitting on Santa's lap to report that they had been good this year and to tell Santa what they wanted for Christmas (seriously, have our children EVER liked doing that?).

Sweet Avery, when Santa asked what he wanted for Christmas, replied, "I don't want anything in particular. I just want SOMETHING!" What a great kid! He's not at all greedy; he just doesn't want to be forgotten. Don't you just want to give him a squeeze?

Courtney and Avery were relieved to hear from Santa that they had made the "Nice List" (for a change--phewsh!). Poor Chase, however, seemed to hesitate about the whole thing, and in the end decided that maybe he was too big to sit on Santa's lap. Such a sad moment for Mom! However, the boy is huge, so his weight on Santa's leg may have been crushing enough to move him swiftly to the Naughty List . . . so perhaps he made the right decision. :(

Of course, this was Trey's first-ever encounter with Santa. And the picture you will see below was taken at the very moment he discovered that Mommy was not the one holding him. What the heck???? Poor baby! Still, thank goodness we got a picture of him sitting on Santa's lap for the first time ever! Hooray!