tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698533060356263795.post5538128375654348245..comments2023-10-29T02:46:52.789-07:00Comments on The Van Sciver Chronicles: Holiday progress update...Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01497767747485229338noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698533060356263795.post-31475633588726976612007-12-22T11:01:00.000-07:002007-12-22T11:01:00.000-07:00How come I was the oldest and I have no memory of ...How come I was the oldest and I have no memory of this???? <BR/><BR/>I fear because I already knew about Santa. What a jip.Jennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16015165553390298826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698533060356263795.post-27002659810999986372007-12-22T10:29:00.000-07:002007-12-22T10:29:00.000-07:00wow! i would have gone for the powdered version of...wow! i would have gone for the powdered version of hot chocolate there which is just cocoa mix. next time get it and make it at home. <BR/><BR/>my friend Cara went to the temple lights at 4:30 this year and said it was heavenly! just a tip.<BR/><BR/>fun lights! we saw some in mesa off of Adobe between Val vista and Lindsey. They had probably 20 light up things on their roof! inflatables too. plus other lights! if you like tacky (i totally do) you would love this. I'm gonna drive by take and post pictures and an address for map quest tonight. i forgot to until now but we've driven by 3 times already. love it!Crazymamaof6https://www.blogger.com/profile/12010784861707678433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698533060356263795.post-50228984679148506972007-12-22T10:25:00.000-07:002007-12-22T10:25:00.000-07:00Oh my gosh MOM!! I was JUST thinking about this!!...Oh my gosh MOM!! I was JUST thinking about this!!! It's one of my best Christmas memories. Although, I guess I had it a little mixed up. All these years I remembered it as Santa was in a car next to us and we were freaking out. I definitely remember being really worried though but also excited that I saw the real Santa. <BR/><BR/>I also remember playing with a clock puzzle that night in my bed.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07715772371822293682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698533060356263795.post-63051380971785334972007-12-22T01:15:00.000-07:002007-12-22T01:15:00.000-07:00Wait, one more:Comment on your Santa in the window...Wait, one more:<BR/><BR/>Comment on your Santa in the window thing. Once, many years ago, we were coming home from Christmas Eve someplace, probably Gloria's (Josiah's grandmother), and it was about 8 o'clock and all we wanted was for the kids to go quietly and soundly to bed so Santa could come, you know. Doubted it would happen, because it never had so far.<BR/><BR/>So we're almost home, on the edge of our little town, Merchantville, NJ, which was full of Victorian houses and really very very cute and quaint, and we're stopped at a stop sign or a stop light or something, station wagon full of kids, and we noticed a life-sized Santa standing in the bay window of the house there on the corner, apparently decorating the Christmas tree. <BR/><BR/>All the kids were young, I think Hannah was about three and Abby a toddler, so Josiah would have been about 7 1/2. Noah on the way, Micah 4 1/2, Amanda 6, Ethan 9, Jenna 10. Something like that. Young enough for this to work, anyhow.<BR/><BR/>One of them gasped, "Oh, my gosh, there he IS!!! He's already in Merchantville!" And because of course Santa will not come until all the children are in bed, we had kids almost in tears begging their father to drive faster, drive faster! We were blocks from home, and when the car stopped the kids poured out of it, trampled each other getting up the stairs and into their jammies, rushing prayer, skipping stories ... they were back up the stairs and there was not one peep out of anyone.<BR/><BR/>It was spectacular. :o)<BR/><BR/>The Santa was mechanical and just stood there with his arm out moving toward and away from the tree. But when you're little and it's Christmas Eve ...YogaNanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03578904073378923196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698533060356263795.post-89053621373969976942007-12-22T00:56:00.000-07:002007-12-22T00:56:00.000-07:00Also --- what in the world was he *thinking*?Vanil...Also --- what in the world was he *thinking*?<BR/><BR/>Vanilla and steamed milk?YogaNanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03578904073378923196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698533060356263795.post-6800108944393057042007-12-22T00:55:00.000-07:002007-12-22T00:55:00.000-07:00Online Dictionary:2. mocha - a flavoring made from...Online Dictionary:<BR/><BR/>2. mocha - a flavoring made from coffee mixed with chocolate<BR/><BR/>You -- 1<BR/>Kid at Starbucks -- 0<BR/><BR/>:o)YogaNanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03578904073378923196noreply@blogger.com