Dec 13 2007
Twas the Night we met Santa
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So here it is! The Smilebox with photos from the kids meeting with Santa Claus. It was such an awesome time. I included photos below, that I still wanted to share, but didn’t have the room, and I wanted to use this particular creation, as I am sure you will agree, its perfect.
I hope you have time to view it-grab the kids! I think they will be in awe 
of Santa. If they are on the border of believing this will reinforce it I think.
I’m totally bummed that the Smilebox will not let me load videos :C This feature has not worked for a while now-no matter how short it is. I SOOOOO hope I can find a way to share the video. Really cool.
So here it was 7pm, a knock at the door.
In walked Santa and Mrs Claus. They had their red toy sack, with lots of goodies.
Alexa was in shock, but she promptly introduced herself then invited them in to see our Christmas tree. Now that is shocking in itself.
He gave the kids each a special Christmas stocking, candy canes, covered lollipops, and reindeer antler’s, that were so cute.
Alexa also got a Magic Bell from Rudolph’s harness (since they change them yearly :D), a magic pen, so you can write letter’s to Santa, and they dont need to be sent in the mail, and the book Twas the Night Before Christmas, which was signed by the Author, and then Santa and the Mrs. Claus
He then delivered the children their most asked for toy! Who else would know what they wanted besides Santa himself?!
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Alexa got her Baby Alive doll-she wiggles, coo’s and drinks-then you know what-pee’s! YEAH! Another non-potty trained thing in the house right now! LOL!
Noah and Santa-love this photo. He is the first of my kids to willingly ever sit and chat with Santa
He was quick to tell Santa that he was a good big brother and only belonged on the “NICE” list. He also tried to sell Alexa down the river by tattling on her, and saying she deserved “black rocks” for Christmas for being naughty, and that she never cleans up her room. Nice Noah!! I was a little embarrassed, but you can’t deny he had a point! LOL! However, given Alexa’s treatments, she certainly deserves to be on the “nice” list :D, clean room or not.
Here we have Amber-she was not in love with Santa, but played along. She loved that he gave her a Dora candy cane-that matched her Hello Kitty jammies-kids!
Oh and Jason-My biggest kid
He looks cute, even with goofy antlers.
Then there was the goodbye. Alexa LOVED Mrs. Claus, and had no problem hugging her, but for Santa, she preferred a Hi-5
Check out her expression! Too funny.
It was a wicked nice thing for Make a Wish to set up for our family. Especially for Santa who VOLUNTEER’S this time of year to go out house to house like this.
They really do go above and beyond the “wish” that your child is granted, which is totally unnecessary, but what an amazing thing to do. They set up all these little things that make Alexa’s day’s that much more special. Times that we hope will over shadow the memories of long hospitalizations and scary procedure’s. It gives her reason’s to look forward to things, and do well during the tough things.
I want her to say “Hey remember when we got to do this!”, instead of “Oh I hated going to the hospital and having X done. I truly believe these will be the memories that stick out.
I have always supported MAW, and am so thankful to be able to share this stuff with you.
Thanks for reading and let me share more of my family with you
Wow - what an exciting night for your kids. The pictures are great. I’m sure it’s a night they will cherish forever. Hugs to you.
Teresa
Precious photos Lauren. It was so nice to see all their happy faces–what a sweet treat!
Oh my goodness! I know that Santa can’t be everywhere at once, so therefore he has “helper Santas”, but I always wondered what the real Santa looks like. How exciting that your family got a visit from the real Santa!! The smilebox is so sweet and the extra pics too. Through your story, I felt like I was there - thank you. The kids in their jammies is just too cute and I think a child’s bare feet are one of the cutest things ever. Thank you so much for letting us share your visit with Santa.
Oh Lauren…….
There are no words…just warm fuzzies!
OMG…I swear I’m getting misty.
What a totally memorable evening for all of you. I LOVE the pictures! I haven’t checked out the Smilebox yet, but I’m going to.
Thank *you* for sharing your family with us!
Holiday Hugs,
Renee
That is so awesome!!! The pictures are amazing! All the best to everyone!
Thanks for sharing!
Merry Christmas!
Maria
AWESOME Lauren!! Shannon loved it too…she got to pick which ‘presents’ we opened…and then said “I’m going to stay up late when I’m bigger to meet Santa and Mrs. Claus!” She thought the kids stayed up late since they were all in their jammies
Thanks for sharing these gret photos…and I think she will remember the good over the bad. It’s kind of like forgetting the pain of childbirth…that is until you get closer to your due date
ok, bad example, but I really think all of the effort you put forth into making things easier for her will definitely shine through later in her life. Happy times, happy times…
Aww they looked SO cute!! And yes Josie LOVED the pics of Santa - she’s still bugging me to look at them again ROFL!!
I still think that him visiting (and them volunteering no less) is THE COOLEST THING EVER!!
Oh my word. That is so precious! Gotta love Make a Wish Foundation! They sent my youngest sister to Hawaii (she has Cystic Fibrosis) a few years ago and it is one of the most special memories she has to this day. Thanks for sharing this special family time with us!
Oh I can’t believe you had your hubby wear the antlers and put it up here on your blog, LOL!
The kids are cute and Alexa’s hair is growing nicely! I love the pic of the kids in front of the tree with Daisy on their lap!♥
I’m glad you all had a good time
How wonderful!! Really, there’s nothing else to say.
These pictures are Awesome…
How special is that… You can see the Happines
on their face. Everyone will cherish these memories.
Thank you for sharing these wonder photos…
and a Very “Merry Christmas”….to ALL !!
Dee
How wonderful for all of you, Lauren. I hope your holidays are magical and that Alexa only remembers the magic!
How great is your post??!!! I just love the smilebox….and you know the kids had a ball! It will be fun to look back on it 10 years from now (I’m at that point now and now get to enjoy my triplet nieces)!! MAW is the greatest too!
Thanks for sharing! Have a Blessed Holiday and enjoy!
Bev
That was so sweet! It looked like an AWESOME time for everyone! And Santa and Mrs. Claus coming out is just the coolest thing!
Hi Lauren,
It was you who introduced me to Smilebox and I use it all the time (thank you!) I have no problem with loading videos but mine are shot with my camera.
How precious!!!! I love the smilebox and all the pictures!!! The kids (and Jason too), sure looked like that loved it!!! How wonderful that MAW did this for the kids. As you said, hopefully it helps Alexa (and Noah and Amber too), remember the good stuff and not the hospitalizations and chemo treatments!!!
Hope you and the family have a wonderful Christmas!!!
This brought tears to my eyes it is soooooo beautiful I have no words to express how Happy I am Santa made a lil visit over to your house! I love all the pics! ((HUGS))
Those pictures are GREAT, and the Smilebox is just awesome! Is there anything you can’t do???!!! Thanks for sharing your precious little ones with us, that visit by Santa and the Mrs. had to be SO SPECIAL!!! I’m so glad they got to have that experience. . . Have a wonderful weekend!!!
Thanks for sharing the story. I can’t wait to show the kids the Smilebox (I always wait and watch them with the girls - they love to see your family!). SO nice of MAW to do this so that Alexa doesn’t have to go out in long lines of sick folks & get their germs just to see Santa. This is a GREAT idea that someone had! We’re going to see Santa tonight at the Mall. Yes, the long lines of sick kids - here we come!! LOL!
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