Staged Christmas

I know it sounds really bad but me and Eric staged our own little Christmas a couple of nights ago because we were worried that we would miss Christmas Eve and Christmas day with Emmett. So we put out the cookies and milk for Santa by our fireplace and Emmett left his own sippy of milk too which was very sweet. I think it was hard for my sweet-tooth little guy to leave the cookies behind, but he did. When he woke up and we went to see what happened, Emmett kind of looked confused.. he was probably wondering what kind of idiot would leave behind part of a cookie!?!!??! No problem there, he finished Santa's cookie for him. We tried explaining everything to him and I think me and Eric need to work on our story a bit, but Emmett can definitely piece together the phrase, "Santa cookie milk." He also spent some time trying to look up our chimney and he looked at one of our Santa decorations up on our mantel. I am really into this kind of stuff, so maybe next year we'll incorporate bells coming from outside or a note from Santa. I already have great ideas for Easter and St. Patty's day too!

It was pretty cute and fun to have a Christmas with him even if it really wasn't Christmas. It will be a funny story to tell him when he's older. Next year will be even more fun with Emmett and his little bro who will be 1!