I have to say that while the upcoming winter may be boring around here, the holidays are not. We have had our calender full since labor day. And the Christmas season hasn't been any different. I love surprises. Tonight we were surprised to see and hear an ambulance coming down our street. Considering there are a lot of older folks in the area and the fact that an ambulance has visited our house I shouldn't have been that surprised. It stopped to the side of our house and that's when I remembered that Santa was going to get a ride around town a couple of nights during December.
Of course I turned to look at my child and saw he was only wearing a shirt, underpants, and snow boots. I picked him up and we ran outside to see Santa waving from the back of an ambulance. I asked him if he wanted to go see him and he nodded yes. Of course we had to go back inside and find pants as quickly as possible. Then we ran a block, him in his snow boots, to catch up to the caravan before it pulled away. Luckily Santa saw us coming.
Nate actually talked to Santa! He gave his usual response that he wants dinosaurs for Christmas. Little ones to be exact. Then Santa gave him a candy cane and wished him a Merry Christmas. We waved as the rescue squad caravan drove away with sirens and lights going. My little guy was so full of joy. He strutted back to the house with is candy cane in hand and then ran in to tell his great grandparents all about it. I've concluded that it's better if he is surprised by Santa instead of us prepping him. He went to sleep telling me that the best part of his day was seeing Santa.
Of course, I only had time to grab his pants and run with him, so there are no pictures, but at least there are these special memories.
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