Directions for Santa

It has always been tricky for Santa... Novali has two homes, and he has an annual dilemma of where to leave all of her presents. Being the great Claus that he is he always manages to leave presents for her in the right spots.

This year we threw Santa a curve ball... We decided not to have our 9 foot tall Christmas tree out because of Cruz. He tends to tear into everything in sight, and a tall indoor tree might be too much for him to bear not being able to touch. So we went treeless, but did end up getting a small 3 foot tree that Novali and I put on the writing desk in our foyer.
Novali helped hang the stockings, and pick out and light the little tree with me. She loves Christmas and helping Heather decorate the house.

Well then Novali thought what if Santa can't find the tree? What if he doesn't know where to put presents? I told her that he knows, but she brainstormed and thought she should love him directions. So she got a memo pad, some scotch tape and made signs from our fireplace into the foyer.... just in case.The final post pointed to where presents would go. Then on Christmas Eve, her Christmas Elf Noah (Elf on the Shelf) came to the foyer and sat by the tree, taking note to tell Santa that evening where her presents would go...

And it worked! Merry Christmas!