Santa 2010

Today we got to visit Santa at the mall in Eau Claire.  The Santa there really is great and we've visited every year.  Usually, we are lucky enough to choose a time that isn't too busy.  Today, that was not the case!  It was a two hour trip from the time we got to the mall to the time we got back out to the car.  Yikes.  If we hadn't mentioned it to Logan this morning, we probably would have walked out of the mall and just skipped it, but Logan was quite excited to see Santa.  The wait didn't matter too much. The kids were so good!  John took them to play while I waited in line, so that wasted a little time.

Then we used a coupon we had for a free pretzel and by then we were far enough in line that the boys could see the video.

Another 20 minutes and we were almost there.  The boys enjoyed petting the reindeer.

Logan and Bennett were both excited to see Santa...

until it was time to sit on his lap.

Bennett just didn't want to sit.  But, that was just fine with us.  Logan told Santa he wants a "Zamboni" for Christmas.

Logan looks so big!  Look at those long legs!

Santa managed to get a high five from Bennett before we left.

In case you want to take a look back at our blogging years: 2007, 2008, 2009.
*I take it back!  I don't think we saw Santa last year!  Eek!  Here's a Christmas post from 2009, in case you want to see the boys from last year.

Ho Ho Ho!

Early this week we decided the beat the rush a visit Santa Claus at the mall on a weekday morning. We were nearly the first to arrive and that made it easy to get it done quick! Logan recognizes Santa and likes to chime "Ho Ho Ho" whenever he sees him! Still, Logan was not super excited about sitting with Santa. He didn't put up a fuss, but he wasn't very smiley, either.

Last year we just bought a jump drive with the photos on it, but this year they did not offer that option so they asked if we just wanted to take our own photos - for free! I couldn't believe they let you do that...so we took them up on the offer. The photos aren't that great, but for this year, they will do!

"Dear Santa, I've been good all year....just ask my mommy."

Santa, Reindeer and More!

On Saturday, we met John's parents in Hudson for a little Christmas festival. Deb had heard about it from someone and it sounded like something Logan would like. It was also good timing because we got to celebrate John's birthday with his parents a day early. So, we all enjoyed a delicious warm lunch at Pier 500 and then walked across the street to the park.

There was a craft tent for the kids to make ornaments, reindeer food, and other Christmas goodies. Logan was a little too young to really take advantage of the fun, but we spent a lot of time in the crowed tent because it was heated!

Grandma and Logan keeping warm near the tent!

Logan loved the reindeer...he couldn't stop laughing!

This was too much fun! We all had a good time playing peek-a-boo through the cut-outs. Logan was a gigglebox!

Finally we got to see Santa! Logan was pretty good on his lap, just checking out that long beard and red coat. He even got his photo taken for the Hudson paper (did anyone see it?!).