DalrympleClanAdventures: Santa Claus is Coming to Town...

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Santa Claus is Coming to Town...

and he has been VERY BUSY today, as were we!! This morning we all headed to Jack's preschool for breakfast with Santa. We had pancakes, cheese grits and sausage/bacon. The boys all ate pretty well as always. Jack enjoyed seeing his friends there; Ewan enjoyed meeting Jack's friends (he hears Jack talk about them all the time). Then it was time for pictures with Santa. We were nearly last in line, though the wait was fine. Sean had fun dancing up by the stage, then it time to go up. Sean already got upset when Santa's elf tried to pick him up. Then he got upset when I put him in Santa's lap. He reached out and wanted down. He never truly screamed or cried, which is an improvement from his big brothers in years past! We managed to get a couple pictures in before we got down. Then they made frames for their photos, got Christmas tattoos and sang while playing musical instruments. The guys headed home and I volunteered for the second sitting.

We had lunch at home, played for a while, did laundry....Then it was off to Winnsboro for the train ride with Santa. It was tricky since it was nap time when we left. Sean and Jack got short naps on the way there. They all did pretty well though considering it was naptime. We toured some trains and then the train to ride on arrived and Jack saw some of his friends and chatted for a while. They had fun playing around and then it was time to board. Sean was quite intrigued and enjoyed the ride. He loved it when they blew the whistle. He was rather wiggly and definitely tired, especially near the end. They liked seeing Santa again. Jack and Ewan told him what they wanted (Cars II stuff of course) and Sean wanted nothing to do with him! He managed to get Sean's picture with him by Santa sneaking to the seat behind him!!

All in all a busy and exciting day for the boys. I'm exhausted as are they!!