Today our quest to find Santa continued starting with a more than mellow reindeer sleigh ride giving us a brilliant chance to sneak in cuddles with our boys at the same time! This was followed by driving skidoos, playing games with the elves, then finally getting to meet the big man himself!!!
Everything is planned with meticulous precision. When you first arrive you hand over some pre wrapped gifts as well as your children's letters you'd 'posted' to Father Christmas (all secret squirrel much like a parental undercover mission!) Along with this you give a few brief notes to give Santa enough to hoodwink your kids and convince them he knows them! Safe to say both George and Alex were utterly blown away and yes mummy cried but that's also because today is a hugely significant day.
Once you've had an experience like cancer it appears you relive key anniversaries for quite some time after. The 13th of December is yet another for us as back on this day in 2017 George finished the last of his 14 rounds of chemo finally getting to ring the End of Treatment Bells! Needless to say, even though we're having a brilliant time away, today I've been on the brink of a whole heap of emotions all day... if nothing else it was pretty inevitable I'd have a breakdown on poor unsuspecting Santa (!)
He gave all four of us giant gold chocolate medals telling us we're on his good list 😁 The boys beamed as they unwrapped their presents as well as melting our hearts as they chatted about how they were going to tell all their little friends, even the non Santa believers! 'He knew I had cancer' said George, '...and that I shaved my hair off to raise money for the Giant Pledge' Alex quickly followed!! ❤️ (Funny they didn't recount the 'more reading, less iPad' comment that Santa also happened to mention!)
It's safe to say we've all had the most amazing last couple of days away! The boys have had a fantastic time and we can't thank Starlight Children's Foundation enough for making an otherwise stark anniversary become more of a distant memory...the end of a shocking year of treatment now also the day we met the real Father Christmas!!
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