Today’s kindness advent was leaving one of those giant Christmas inflatables in someone’s yard. This was the pure genius that is Josh Kelley. Welcome to his wonderfully fun mind. And it was easily one of our most favorites! I mean, come on, who wouldn’t want a giant inflatable to greet you first thing when you opened your front door?!?!? We went after school to make our final selection. After much deliberation and some mild candy cane choking, we decided on a 7ft tall polar bear. Hudson’s insight pushed us over the top in choosing the bear over Santa because they can leave the bear up longer for winter. Made sense to the rest of us and an unanimous decision was made.
We decided to do a test run in our living room just to make sure the final drop went smoothly and we knew what to expect. Not pictured is Amon permanently attached to my leg and terrified of the large friendly polar bear. And Solomon, I mean, can I really say much more about his ability to nail that creepy face and posture…dude is spot on. Cracks me up all over every time I look at him.
My friend Melody called just in time and she wanted in on the action. We swung by Melody’s house to pick her and her son Luke up. We decided to let the polar bear ride fully inflated around town to our final destination. Amon’s seat is on the passenger side so when we rolled his window down the wind positioned the bear’s giant face right in his window. He freaked out yelling, “No, no, no. Up, up, up.” He does not like mythical creatures or mascots of any kind.
I soooo wish I had taken a picture of Harper, Hudson and Solomon leaving the house. They decided to try and disguise themselves…hats, scarfs, sunglasses…totally cracking me up. Hudson is my cautious child and kept asking “What if they think we’re burglars?” “What if they think we’re trying to rob them?” When we finally got to our friend’s house Harper, Melody and myself were the only ones who ventured close to the house. Hudson, Solomon and Amon stayed back close to the car with Luke.
We ever so slyly and quietly creeped around the outside of their house, got the polar bear in position and plugged him in. It was so hilariously wonderful. We wanted to make sure they couldn’t miss him.
Nothing says Merry Christmas like a 7ft tall festive polar bear. Totally one of my most favorite things we’ve done.
And tomorrow we are taking polaroid pictures of people shopping together. Also one of my faves.
Hope your day was awesome and maybe, just maybe you’ll find a giant Christmas inflatable on your front porch tomorrow too!
Happy Thursday Night.
It’s awesome! Love this. I’m curious how the inflatable ran, battery????
Oh what a chuckle I had with my hot coffee this am reading/picturing this! I love your family! DId you stay and hide to watch the expression when they opened the door??? You are one fun mom!!!
Finding the polar bear was awesome! As Anna ran down the stairs I heard hear suck in a huge amount of air and then a “what in the heck is on our front porch” and then instantly Charlie (the dog) was going nuts. Everyone came running. As we swung open the front door, I immediately starting laughing and couldn’t stop (I don’t think I stopped laughing for at least 30 minutes) especially because Charlie would run full on the front door barking and growling, get scared and ran away and then come back like he was serious again. It was awesome. Wish I could add the picture! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! Oh, and Josh was devastated this morning when he opened the door and thought the bear had died like the wicked witch of the west. I had to explain to him that the bear had not melted and he would be fine. He then asked if he could sleep with him tonight!
This. Is. Awesome! Thanks for putting a huge smile on my face.
This is the absolute BEST!!! Totally laughing about Amon – and all of it actually… Love your all’s precious hearts!