Makenna told Santa she wanted to be a ballerina for Christmas...I think she was mixing it up with Halloween...any occasion to dress up is a holiday for Makenna.
Kieran went on for several minutes telling Santa how he wanted him to create a force field around his bed and raise the ceiling above his bunk bed so that he could then get his wish for an X-box 360...the force field is so that mom and dad don't see him playing video games all the time. He also wanted ice cream in his stocking with a force field so it wouldn't melt. At the end of his long request, Santa told Kieran he thought there would be a place in the software industry for a mind like his. :-)
I surprised the kids and took them to Pioneer Square downtown while Kevin had a holiday happy hour. It was a really fun evening. We ate at our favorite Mexican place that we used to go to somewhat often before Kieran was in grade when Daddy had night meetings...Makenna loves the black beans and it's around the corner from the bus stop. We capped off the evening with some Ben and Jerry's. Both of the kids know their way around downtown, and Makenna was quick to say "Mommy, I really need to go potty...ooooh, we can go at the ice cream place!!" Mommy is a sucker for fun holiday memories, so we pushed bed time for a post-Santa treat :-)
Is it just me, or are the kids getting ready big?!
