12.25.2007

Santa = Salsa in our home

Have we ever told you about Salsa? Not to offend, but we have told our kids the truth about Santa. Yes, he's a real person (Saint Nicholas) but he won't be visiting our house at Christmastime. No, this day is reserved for gifts from our loved ones, and the best Gift that has already been given! But the humorous story to this begins last Christmas - when Eden's vocabulary was exploding with verbosity. In the midst of striving to repeat big sister's amazement of seeing Santa's face all over Santa Cruz, she exclaimed - "SALSA!" We immediately loved her idea, and have adopted her name for "Santa." It really fits. And for your viewing pleasure, here is Chinese Salsa with a bewildered Sydney.....