we went through hell to get this photo

turns out it costs $30 just to SEE santa. we arrived fifteen minutes before our reservation and Santa took a break sometime therein, only to return twenty minutes after our reservation

Callen cancelled naps today so he was overtired and feral, overall a very good kid but by the time Santa finally showed his ass back up again I was ready to do mcmurders

also apparently somebody cut in front of Chris while he was waiting but then they fucked off again bc they didn't have a reservation

anyway Callen was great, we came home and he was passed out, has been passed out since. but the tree lights wouldn't turn on

and I learned it was bc pippin had somehow managed to sever the cord between the window lights and the tree ones

so we had to restring it really quick with some old ones to get it to light up at all

we've got real Family Christmas vibes rn. everything is fine, we were both like 'I love you and now I am retreating to my office to be completely alone for like four blissful hours, see you when callen needs us again'

also I made hot toddies. happy ending

I like that I kind of look like a witch in this photo

callen and chris look great tho

you ALL look great

CUUUTE

insane that you managed to get him smiling like that in a Santa pic

omg he's not screaming

such a feat

he didn't scream at all!!! even when he's mad/tantruming he usually just kinda ragdolls onto the floor and cries

but yeah the ones before we jumped in were a little more harrowing, he wasn't sure to make of it. but like. how would he, he's just a lil guy and he was So Tired

he's smiling in this pic because I started singing Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes which is the 'make callen giggle' button lately

that little smile

this picture is very sweet even if this seems like an ordeal