What’s better to do after breakfast with a cow dressed as Santa than go to a birthday party in Creation Station???? Can’t think of anything we would have rather done!!!

This is M. and he just turned four.  He is in KB’s class at KDS and his brother X. is in Little’s class at Promise!! Their mommy is in my small group at Bible Study and Honey . . . has met their daddy.  *wink*

What a joy to spend the hour celebrating with these new friends!

I am on the “Leadership Development Team” at church and it really is one of my favorite things. There are seven men and one other woman on the team. I have always known I think differently than those men, but tonight I decided that we literally must be speaking a different language.

You are wondering how it is that I have been married for eleven years and am just now figuring out the male/female language barrier. You are, aren’t you? Well, my Honey “gets me”, for the most part, and so the different dialects are not always as blatant. Tonight at the LDT meeting the barrier was obvious.

We were discussing breakout sessions for an event we have coming up in January and I was suggesting we have broader focuses instead of going too narrow. My thought was that within each broader topic we could offer different and more specific discussions at this Jan. workshop and future workshops. I didn’t quite get to explain all of that because there were blank stares and then restating of what they thought I said to reassure me that they were listening. Seriously. It was as if I had spoken pig Latin while chewing Laffy Taffy. “et’sla aveha oaderbra opicsta.”

Over the next hour plus, there was conversation I found hard to follow, but I would sporadically catch a sentence that let me know which direction we were heading. Imagine my “surprise” when I caught the statement, “what if we kept three main areas of focus and just highlighted a more specific topic this time, allowing for future events to show unity through those three main areas of focus.”

at’stha atwha I aidsa!!! Wota oursha agoa!!

You know we love our Chick-fil-a! Well, the Saturday after Thanksgiving found the family driving to the mall (bright and early) to have breakfast with Santa.

We were greeted by stylin’ teens who wanted us to purchase spa days for our girls (yeah, right) and wanted to paint glitter stars on the kids’ faces.  We went for the glitter stars – even letting Bubba get one.

There were balloon artists(?) making all types of creations.  One guy focused primarily on Christmas creations (reindeer antlers, Santa hats and beards, etc.) while the other lady strictly made dogs.  Little went to the dog lady and got a green dog “just like Scout!”  It was perfect for her!

At first I only saw the Cow Santa and was wondering if this was going to be the extent of the morning.  The kids’ excitement over Cow Santa made any frustration dissipate and we took photos and gave hugs.

Moments later we saw the REAL fake Santa and hurried to get a photo with him.  KB told him that she wanted a stroller for Christmas.  I had him ask if she had been a sweet little girl she answered, “Yes. . . and no.”  Smart and honest kid! (Isn’t this guy a great Santa?)

Then we got a picture with the whole family.  The supervising lady kept waving other stuffed animal/people into the shot and it ended up looking like a trip to a sad little amusement park.  Same supervising lady suggested we use this as our Christmas card.  NOT going to happen. . .

We had a lovely time and, as always, we were thankful for our friends at Chick-fil-a and the yummy breakfast they served us.  All of the children received complimentary minis, fruit, and drinks.   Can’t wait until our next Chick-fil-a excursion!!