Letter to Santa

Earlier in the season, Ryan looked through all the toy catalogs that had arrived in the mail, circled all of the toys that interested him (virtually every boy toy shown!), and made his wish list.  Ryan understands there are a lot of boys and girls on Santa's Nice List. So, he wanted to get his request in early since Santa's toy factory is probably quite busy this time of year.  Then, together, we wrote a letter to Santa to send along with his wish list.  Ryan dictated the content of the letter; Mommy was merely the scribe. 

During our first shopping trip to Towson Town Center, Santa's helpers stationed outside of Macy's department store informed us that they would deliver all Santa mail to the North Pole.  They also told us that Macy's would donate $1 to the Make A Wish Foundation for every piece of mail they received.  So, a couple of days later, we returned with Ryan's letter to Santa and wish list so he could mail it to the North Pole.  (Shhh...Mommy and Daddy secretly replaced the originals with duplicates so that we could save Ryan's first Santa mail for posterity).

Below are photos of Ryan decorating and mailing his Santa mail.