The Party that Santa Left

So, Christmas had it's pleasantries and it's disappointments. I work hard every year to create a magical Christmas for my kids. If it means creating new traditions that are abnormal, so be it. I was talking to a friend about their traditions and she told me that Santa always left balloons a their house. I was intrigued. I wanted Santa to do that for our family. So, that is exactly what happened. The one thing that my friend told me that was so cool about this is that they care more about the balloons than the presents. I thought that was good considering I didn't have as much to open this year, so any distractions I can have the better. Well, the room was prepared and it looked Awesome!! I was so excited. I went to bed in anticipation to only hear the kid's door at 1:30 in the morning. I told them under any circumstances not to go out to the room where the tree was. Well, that went out the window and Elijah saw all the balloons. I was too tired to care at that point. But he couldn't get back to sleep after that. He had a total meltdown. It took a couple of hours to calm him down. The next morning, we were just about to go in when I heard Jules saying to Elijah that he was right. There were balloons. They went in and just rushed to their presents. No surprise. No fun. It was a total blow to my plans. High Expectations always bite me the butt! I figured that it will not be repeated and I am telling Santa to leave the balloons in the North Pole. It wasn't that fun to clean up!

Christmas was good with all the things the kids got. I am thankful that it is over! I will post pics later of the day.