Don’t Forget Santa’s Other Helpers!

It’s that time of year when we have a love-hate relationship with shopping… Christmas. I love the sparkle of tinsel and ornaments in stores, the music of the season playing, the overwhelming scent of cinnamon brooms burning my nostrils, the sweat on my back from wearing many layers to survive the strange weather in San Antonio, and the endless checkout lines with frustrated people of all ages. Who wouldn’t want to participate from a distance? Thank goodness for online shopping…

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Which means packages. ALL. THE. PACKAGES. In our house, it’s from Amazon, Target, Amazon, Kickstarter, Amazon, and the guy who prints for my business. Oh, and Amazon. To that end, we were inspired by a post on Facebook sharing a kindness extended to the men and women helping Santa get some gifts in our hands before the holidays. Also, I needed to channel my 5-year-old’s endless energy and use her to make some cookies (an experience so traumatic for me, I might have to wait a year to write it) for school and for this project. Anyway.

 

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youTube makes this look so easy. It is not.

 

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Holiday treats basking in the holiday glow.

 

I tested out a few different versions of what to print because my handwriting is less than awesome after writing addresses and closings on over 50 holiday cards. Of course, the printer is out of color ink. (This is why I don’t craft on the regular…no one would Pin my things) 

We found a basket we likely acquired from a burger joint somewhere nearby and loaded up the bags of cookies and treats and brought it out as we prepared to leave for school.

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“Dear delivery friends… guess I forgot to order ink.”

 

She saw with her eagle eyes our mail carrier down the block and began to squeal and wave her arms to flag him down. I walked to the curb with her so he didn’t think it was an emergency, like she was lost in the street or something crazy.

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This guy is my hero. He’s here delivering my madness between 7 and 8 in the morning. Sometimes we’ll see him again at 6 in the evening. AND HE’S ALWAYS SMILING. He’s her hero because he delivers things and has a cool ride, and is always kind.

 

We’ve made a couple of things for you to print & use. Make sure you have ink. 😉 Clink on the images for a link to a printable PDF version.

 

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Amanda R.
Amanda is a native Texan who spent a few years in the Boston area. Newish to the stay-at-home mom gig, she’s mother to an eight-year-old wilding and a five-year-old diva. When not trying to herd those cats, she runs a doula agency, Journey to Motherhood (@motherhoodsatx), and works as a San Antonio birth doula and childbirth educator. She has been married to her husband for almost nine years, which also means learning the ways of being a military spouse. Upon his return from his first deployment in their relationship, she surprised him by proposing to him when she finished her first half marathon (more like she held up a ring and he said yes). Their honeymoon was a babymoon (ehh) to Italy, followed by another deployment, building a new home, and having another child. Much time at home is spent cultivating a medicinal and vegetable garden (she’s a modern hippie), reading all kinds of books (everyone is a book nerd), crafting cocktails (because yum), documenting shenanigans and social activism on Instagram (@optimisticheathen), and holding spontaneous dance parties in the living room.