A Spiderman Christmas

I remember it was the first Christmas when Kelsey actually understood what Christmas was -a man in a red suite with a white beard brings me presents.  I think she was almost 3 years old, not quite old enough to create her Christmas wish list and this is when "Santa" must listen in on 2 and 3 year old conversations to determine what the Christmas wishes are. 

All of the shopping was done, everything wrapped, and we were just waiting for the big day.  Bj and I waited until the last minute -Dec. 23 I believe- to take the kids to sit on Santa's lap and have a picture with him -what were we thinking...long line, Santa's dinner break...it took forever!.  When it was finally Kelsey's turn to sit on Santa's lap, she crawled up into his lap and quickly told him she wanted a Spiderman for Christmas. 

Huh?  Where did that come from? Did I hear her correctly?  Spiderman? And when Mommy was quizzing her about wish ideas, why was this not mentioned?

In my quest to make Christmas magical and special and wonderful for my family I was on a mission...I needed to find a Spiderman before Christmas Eve -about 12 hours...Yikes!- I recruited the help of Papa, this amazing man who will stop at nothing to make sure his grandchildren get whatever they wanted -a superhero in is grandchildren's eyes-. 

Late morning, on Dec. 24, Papa called and said, "It's in your milk box."  Sure enough a Snowboarding Spiderman -no she's not really into snowboarding, it was the only Spiderman left in the South King County area- appeared in the milk box in time for Christmas Eve.

Kelsey woke-up the next morning and found her wish under the tree...she loved it and Spiderman enjoyed many hours of play with Barbie.

Spiderman image courtesy of Bing Images