You Better Watch Out, You Better Not Cry...

Thanks to a husband who loves to plan ahead, budget, and avoid wasting time trying to find parking spaces that don't exist in crowds that don't spread Christmas cheer...we tried to get a jump start on Christmas, getting all those tedious things done a little bit earlier so we could just enjoy the season with our family.

As a result, Max got a healthy dose of Christmas anticipation. In addition to learning 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town', one line of 'Jingle Bells', and 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas', this is how he and Luke got ready for Christmas:Making sure the white stuff was in perfect place...
Max carves out a path for Santa and his reindeer

Only one trip to the mall this year, Max throws his pennies in the fountain and makes a wish

The boys were not interested in seeing Santa (bad experience last year), but were all-a-go for Build-a-Bear browsing.

Luke loved people watching at the mall. He was so content and happy to sit facing the crowd and just take all the Christmas chaos in.

Funny side note: Mom's Christmas fantasy included Max watching and loving the Christmas classics from her childhood...Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph, Santa Claus is coming to Town, etc. He gave 2 thumbs up for Frosty and 1 thumb up for Polar Express.

He gave a roaring round of applause for the stupidest Christmas cartoon ever made...Grandma Got Run over by a Reindeer.