Meeting Santa

After a great Thanksgiving day out of town, Derek and I were feeling brave and confident about taking the babies out.  Derek was asked to help take Santa pictures at a local tree lighting celebration in town. I did not want to pass up the opportunity to get the boys picture taken with Santa, especially if Daddy was the one taking the pictures.  Derek's parents came to help me with all the boys while we were there.  It was great to get the boys out and do something fun.  They had their picture taken with Santa.  He was awesome.  He didn't even blink at the idea of holding three babies all at once.  He said he had experience with triplets.  The best thing was no one cried.  This is a big deal because Ben has cried the past two years.  This year Ben was all business.  He climbed up next to Santa and was on his best behavior.  After the picture with all the boys, Santa took Ben in his lap and talked to him.  He asked him what he wanted for Christmas and Ben told him a blue bike.  It was so sweet!

We had a great time at the tree lighting festivities.  Still feeling courageous, we decided to take the babies out to eat for the first time after the tree lighting.  I'm not sure what the hostesses thought when we walked in with two double strollers, a single stroller, two toddlers, and 4 infants.  It took us a few minutes to get everyone situated around the table, but we managed it.  The babies were on their best behavior at dinner.  We had great time eating dinner with our friends and it was nice to feel normal again.  Another successful first!