The anticipation has been killing the boys this year. Wyatt knows the days of the week now and has been counting them down as patiently as possible with Malcolm asking repeatedly, "When we wake up today will we open presents?" This photo is of the boys before they went to bed on Christmas eve. Wyatt asked many logistical questions about how the whole process works -- "Santa will come down that chimney?" he asked in a skeptical tone followed up with "hows that going to work?" (its a wood burning stove w/ a very narrow pipe). He also wondered "will the reindeers come inside to eat the carrots we left them?" and then worriedly asked "Santa is going to stay out of my bedroom, right?"
In an effort to get the kids to go to bed earlier, Uncle Sean told the boys how he had once seen Santa not come because someone stayed up too late. This was very worrisome for Wyatt. I couldn't figure out why he was repeatedly calling me in his room to tell me that we needed to go to sleep. Eventually he was brought to near tears when he finally disclosed that he was worried that Uncle Sean was going to stay up too late and Santa wasn't going to come. Luckily Sean went in to smooth out the situation and Wyatt finally fell asleep.
Malcolm is much more pragmatic about the whole thing. He says Santa brings presents but no, reindeer can't fly because "they don't even have wings!" He's right and it got Wyatt thinking about the logistics of the whole thing a little more. For now, they are both believers and its so fun! The second photo is obviously after Santa came.
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