Santa Adventure

Deanna, Brittney & I took the kids to go see Santa at the Greene. Ben & I decided not to force the Santa concept on our girls. We are just going to act like he is a make believe or "pretend" character as Claire says! Kind of like Mickey Mouse or something! We really want to instill the true meaning of Christmas with Claire & Anna, but still have fun with Santa. Anyway, we had a great time with Santa! We were actually the only people there because we went during the day. Santa was so friendly and let Claire kind of warm up to him before we took our pictures. We probably spent almost an hour in Santa's house. He gave us books and suckers which Claire really enjoyed. As predicted, Anna was a hysterical mess when I placed her in Santa's lap. Claire cried for a second, but she quickly calmed down when I let her stand by Santa instead of sitting on his knee. Later, she actually sat in his lap and told Santa she wanted a red wagon for Christmas. I had no idea she would say that! It was too cute! Afterward, we all went to the Cheesecake Factory for lunch. It was a very festive afternoon! Warming up to Santa while Claire ate the sucker he gave her!


He was one of the most authentic Santa's I have ever seen and such a nice guy, too!

Claire with Santa!

Landon & Olivia did great and looked so cute!

No tears from big girl Anna & Grant either! I love how Grant is checking Santa out!

At the end of our Santa visit Anna warmed up to ole' St. Nick, but he couldn't touch her!

Landon & Claire telling Santa what they want for Christmas!

Olivia playing with our Christmas tree! She is such an adorable little girl!

The following three pictures are the pictures I purchased! Anna looks so pathetic! The naughty & nice shirts were just too perfect for our Santa visit and he got a good laugh out of them!

This is my favorite. Poor Anna!

I love how Anna is looking up at Santa like "who the heck are you and why are you holding me???".