Eva Longoria.Photo: Eva Longoria/Instagram
Santa Santi!
Eva Longoriais getting into theChristmasspirit alongside her 2½-year-old sonSantiago Enrique, as shown in an adorable snapshot of the pair shared to her Instagram feed on Thursday.
Longoria, 45, and Santi arecuddled up close for the photo op, wearing what appears to be matching red long johns as they nearly touch noses.
“Merry Christmas Eve! 🎄🎅🏽🤶🏽🎄,” theDesperate Housewivesalum wrote to accompany the picture.
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Longoria has been open about her parenting ups and downs since she welcomed Santi, her only child with husbandJosé “Pepe” Bastón, in June 2018.
“You just figure it out,” she said in October ofjuggling motherhood with workand other obligations onAnna Faris’Unqualifiedpodcast. But “since I’ve become a mom, [I’ve noticed]the mom shamers of the world are real.”
“I never want to be that person — to be on a podcast like, ‘What I do isI put my son to bed at 7 because studies show thatthe brain … ' Like, ‘Oh my God, good for you. You go do that,'” said the actress. “I am never going to tell someone how to parent. … I am in no way an expert of being a mom.”
Longoria is grateful to have “a village” of support and “a lot of help” with her son, in the form of her “huge family” who all assist with each other’s children.
“Ihave an amazing husband whosupports me, I have amazing sisters and I have amazing girlfriends who have kids the same age,” she told Faris, 44. “So we all chip in and get it done.”
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As of April, Longoria wasspending time at home in Los Angeleswith her husband and son amid thecoronavirus pandemic, telling PEOPLE, “I’m lucky ‘cause my son is so little.”
TheOverboardactress explained that she was doing everything she could to keep her son’s day full of activities, but that it didn’t always go according to plan.
“I am like tiger mom,” she admitted. “I have his whole day planned, like we’re going to paint in the morning for an hour and then we’re going to do flashcards and we’re going to do the alphabet.”
“Then he’ll find a box and play with that for five hours, and I’m like, okay,all my planning goes out the door,” Longoria added.
source: people.com
