A visit from Santa

Today the kids and I went to see Dad at the nursing home. As we walked down the hallway towards his room, we saw all the nurses and aides putting presents beside each doorway for the residents. When we got in the room to see Dad, he was fast asleep, not even realizing the commotion in the hallway. Well, only a few minutes after we arrived, Santa shows up! (Sweet-Pea went crazy - she was so excited to see Santa!!!) He came in and handed Dad 3 beautifully wrapped presents. It was such a wonderful thing to see...this place really cares about the people who live there. Santa visited every resident in the place to give them gifts and wish them a Merry Christmas...an early one, but most probably didn't even realize it!

Waiting for Santa....


Here's Santa giving Dad his gifts....


You'd think that the gifts would be simple inexpensive gifts, but they weren't! Dad got a cd player (walkman style), a nice long sleeve shirt and a navy blue sweat suit! It's nice to see them make the holidays enjoyable for the residents. You should see all the decorations...trees, stockings and lights, everywhere!!!!

Here are the kids posing beside the big lit up 'wooden' soldier at the entrance. Gotta love it! Outside are all sorts of lights, garland and a huge snowman! These people know how to decorate!!!


I'm so glad we were able to spend this fun time with Dad! It's days like this that make me feel good about where he is. His needs are many, and they are taking really good care of him. Of course it's still hard emotionally, but deep down, I know this is the right place for him.