It’s Sunday morning and I woke up to a poop storm all over the kitchen and living room. It seems we now have some new surprises from Lacey for two mornings in a row, hope it’s not a trend.
Yesterday we headed downtown around 11am after a mini melt down by Mr Ty who didn’t want to wear jeans. He prefers sweat pants but we insisted that he dress a little nicer to see Santa Claus. First we had to drop into Nordstrom as Lori needed some makeup and then we stopped by Garbarini, a women’s boutique to see Julie who always finds things for the misses that are on sale and puts them in the back and then, finally, we headed over to pick up my sport coat at the mens shop I go to and to see Santa who was visiting the shop for a few hours. We parked and walked in and unlike the mall, there was no line to see Santa. Mrs Claus was with him and while the boys know that the mall Santa’s are usually just helpers, this guy might have been the real deal. His whiskers were white and real and filled with glitter. He had the boys sit on his knees and the store took pictures as well as the misses. Santa however ignored all of this and talked to the boys for a good 15 minutes. It wasn’t your “what do you want for Christmas little boy” stuff but rather a deep conversation about being good and the challenges of being a kid. He told the boys the “bug and a wish” rule. This he and Mrs Claus said, is a way to avoid all fights at anytime. You see if something is bothering you, you simply say to the person, “it really bugs me when you do this and that (insert whatever is bugging you) and I wish you’d stop”! Pretty simple. Well, needless to say, we heard that phrase about 100 times the rest of the day as the boys used it over and over when talking to each other.
Now while the boys were talking with Santa, I noticed that Coach Fox of the Broncos was there talking to our friend who owns the store. He was shopping for some new clothes with his wife. The store wasn’t very crowded as it’s a pretty exclusive mens store and when he saw the boys and us standing there, he was very gracious and struck up a conversation with us. We talked football for a moment (he was telling me some things Peyton said to him upon his return from heart surgery) and he asked each boy what their name was and talked some more Broncos with them and then posed for a picture with Jag and Ty. Now I don’t know about you but to me, this is almost bigger than talking to Santa! I think the kids still liked Santa but Jag later that night was telling our friend Alan when we were at his party, about meeting Coach Fox. We didn’t want to be those annoying fans who takes up too much time so we thanked him, wished him luck tomorrow and decided to leave. Note: If you click on the pictures, they will blow up larger!
We arrived home around 2:30 and relaxed until 6 or so when we loaded up to go to Alan’s Christmas party. It was back down in Cherry Creek and when we arrived, he had two fire pits blazing away outside and the girl from Le Central cooking up paella (the spanish chicken, rice, scallops, mussels, and shrimp dish) in the garage. Her pan was easily 4 feet across and Ty helped her by stiring the food with large wooden paddles. We stayed for a couple hours before heading out as we needed to briefly stop by an art gallery show on the way home. We dropped in for 15 minutes or so and then made it home by 9pm.
Everyone had fun but I think the cold was getting to Lori’s hip. We didn’t walk that much but she was sore. I think its because she’s laying off the pain pills all at once but I told her she needs to use them when she needs them. So that was our day.
Today I’m off to the Broncos game at 1 or so but Lori is obviously staying home. It’s going to be cold cold cold, lucky for me I have a Canada Goose Down jacket which is the kind they wear on Arctic expeditions. I bought Lori and I one a few years ago in the summer (when they were on sale to save money) and they are the warmest coats you’ve ever worn. It’ll get some good use today!
It’s 8:15 and everyone is still upstairs but they’ll be down soon. Take care and God Bless and God Bless the Denver Broncos!