Santa Visit

Christmas is so much more fun when you have little kids! With 2 kids this year, we decided to go visit Santa. Eva has obviously never seen Santa before and Ethan only has once. Boy was it a traumatizing experience. He was 16 months old and wouldn't go anywhere near the man. When he got close, he started bawling and wouldn't go on his lap, so I didn't get a picture.

Now that he's 3 and a self proclaimed "big boy", we decided to give it another go. It was a success! Noone cried and Ethan very happily asked the man in red for "Ned and a cement mixer". For those of you who don't know, Ned is an excavator type truck from the Thomas and Friends series. 

As for Eva, she just stared and then smiled.

The Santa visit went really smoothly - it was in a little Santa "house" in our downtown area. Mrs. Claus handed out goody bags to the kids while we waited in line. We got there right when it opened at 5:30, so we were the 3rd family in line. And best of all, it was free! Free is a parents' favorite word :) Seriously though, it was nice because there was no pressure to buy some ridiculously over priced picture package. Santa was very serious looking though, but it didn't faze my kids.

Can't wait until the Santa visit next year!

"I want Ned and a cement mixer!"

Ethan and Santa

Kiddos and Santa

Eva and Santa