We had a busy Christmas-filled day yesterday. In the morning we took the kids downtown to Fantasyland. The kids go to a museum where Santa's room is set up with a fireplace, Christmas tree and cozy chair. The kids sit around Santa and sing Christmas songs and listen to Santa tell stories. Then they get to go into another room with Santa to take a picture.
Trey and Charlotte have not been very interested in Santa until this year, so we never pursued going to sit on Santa's lap. Plus the mall at Christmastime is not my favorite place so waiting in line to see Santa, who will probably make my kids cry, was not my idea of "Christmas fun." Trey and Charlotte loved seeing Santa last weekend from a distance, so we thought this would be a good first time seeing Santa up close.
After Fantasyland we went to our local Christmas parade. They loved the parade!! We got a great spot on the sidewalk and the weather was cool, but not too windy or yucky. It definitely felt like Christmas weather!
We saw friends from church and school that were in the parade and enjoyed listening to the high school marching bands. This will definitely be an annual tradition!
Trey and Charlotte have not been very interested in Santa until this year, so we never pursued going to sit on Santa's lap. Plus the mall at Christmastime is not my favorite place so waiting in line to see Santa, who will probably make my kids cry, was not my idea of "Christmas fun." Trey and Charlotte loved seeing Santa last weekend from a distance, so we thought this would be a good first time seeing Santa up close.
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| Santa taught the kids some new Christmas carols. |
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| Charlotte liked the lady sitting next to us and made friends with her and she kept scooting closer to the lady! |
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| Trey and Daddy singing Frosty. |
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| Charlotte was very into what Santa was saying. |
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| The museum was decorated so the kids could walk around while waiting for their turn to take a picture with Santa. |
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| Trey walked right up to Santa and sat down. Charlotte was a little more hesitant and she chose to sit beside Trey instead of on the other side of Santa. |
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| By the end of the time, they were both chatting away with Santa. |
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| Charlotte waved to all the floats. She would yell out, "Hello Mr. Snowman!" or whoever else was riding on the floats. |
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| Trey started out sitting in his chair watching the parade, but then he realized that each float was throwing out candy. |
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| By the end he was jumping along the sidewalk waving and yelling "Merry Christmas!" to the passing floats. It was so cute! |
We saw friends from church and school that were in the parade and enjoyed listening to the high school marching bands. This will definitely be an annual tradition!
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