This Christmas with Jacob has been quite comical. We have decided that he gets to pick out us each a gift for us from him. While brainstorming he wanted to give us pizza, donuts, sandwiches, and Pepsi. He started talking to dad about what he was going to give him and I had to remind him that is was a surprise and he couldn't talk about it. Just after that I started talking to dad about Christmas and Jacob started chewing me out and told me it was a secret. Later, he decided to give his daddy Lego's (they can play together for hours) and we went to the store to get some. All through the store I had to remind him that they were for his dad, that he needed to keep it a surprise, and that dad had to wait to open them until Christmas day. We went to pick him up from work and Jacob kept talking about how he was going to help dad open his gift. He let the word "Lego" slip and immediately stopped and corrected himself. It was so funny and Max and I couldn't help but laugh.
We took him to Bass Pro Shop with the intent of seeing Santa. Dispite all the preparations he held his ground and chose not to even talk to Santa, let alone sit on his lap. We did enjoy playing with the shooting games, etc. that they had there. Before we left we picked up an "Elf on the Shelf" book and doll to start a new tradition. Basically the book tells about your "adopted" Elf and how he watches the child/children during the day and then when they are sleeping he goes back to the North Pole to report to Santa whether they have been naughty or nice. Then, before the child awakes, the Elf comes back and gets into a little mischief. The child then wakes up and has to find him. This goes on until Christmas Eve when he goes back to the North Pole until next Christmas season. When Jacob learned about all this he was excited but then became sad because he didn't want Buddy (that is what he named his Elf) to go away. :)
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