Breakfast with Santa

I swear the days sometimes FLY by and I am left trying to catch back up!

This was our first year to go to our local Breakfast with Santa.  It was just yesterday, Sat. Dec 4th, and my mother had bought the tickets and we all ventured out. It was held at the Wight House and so it was nice and close.   A few days before I had started to talk more about Santa to Jack.  Last year... well let's just say he was terrified! So to avoid the tears and shrieking.. i tried to prepare him.

We went with my sister and her two kids, my mother and Jack and Max  Four kids.. ages 4,3,2 and 9 months.  We had our hands full but it is the holidays!!  We first sat down and ate breakfast which consisted of the usual breakfast food.  The kids colored their pictures that they were given when we walked in.  Then they had set up a fishing pond, "the north pole fishing" and jack got a nice prize there. After he kept asking to go back and go fishing.  or in his words, "I go fishing, and get something!"  We then moved on to face painting.  I was nervous that jack was going to be wiggly but he did very well.  He asked for a car and a car is what he got.  I of course had to take a picture and show him after.  He was pretty pleased with it.. then we moved on to the main attraction, Santa Claus and Jack did awesome!  He was so excited and when he saw santa, he yelled, "SANTA!!!"  I think I had a little flash back of the movie ELF.

Jack went up to Santa, sat on his lap and told Santa what he wanted.  Mostly trucks, cars, and trains.  He really just looked at him in awe and smiled.  Santa Claus even gave jack a caterpillar truck which made noises, sounds and was really quite the gift.  Jack smiled, thanked santa and then was walking blind for the next 10 minutes or so.  He was so fixated on the gift he got he was running into people, stopped in the middle of the floor and pretty much made people move around him while he played with his truck.  Jack went away from the experience with a huge grin and hasn't stopped talking about Santa.

Max, well he is 9 months and has officially hit the "Stranger Danger" period so, he was terrified of Santa and he cried as soon as he sat on his lap.  Max would cry and stare at Santa and then at one point.. I don't know who was more terrified, Max being on Santa's lap or Santa getting his beard tugged on by a crying 9 month old.  There is always next year for Max...

All in all, it was a hit and I would say that we will go next year too!  Highly recommended for those that are around the area and want a fun and low key Santa experience.