Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Breakfast with Santa

I signed us up for a fantastic Breakfast with Santa at WMU this year. Red velvet chocolate chip pancakes for the boys, a lovely room, friendly wait staff, and most importantly, an understanding Santa. The day started with me having to talk TJ out of wearing sweat pants--we compromised on jeans (though with a hole in the knee, I'm not sure those are much better than sweat pants!)--and I'm once again left surprised that I'm having clothing battles with a 5 year old boy. Thought I'd be skipping those clothing battles by having only boys!

Jojo looks hesitant here because he had to be talked into eating the red pancakes.

You're right, Momma, they ARE good.

The big boys did NOT want to sit on Santa's lap. Or go anywhere near him. Santa gave us some suggestions on how to make them more comfortable with the idea, and we also used Ben as Santa bait. He had no problem sitting with Santa!

After finishing breakfast and watching other kids survive their interaction with the big guy in red, the boys got brave and posed for a picture. When Santa asked what they wanted for Christmas, Thomas assured him that they'd write a letter with details. :)
You'd never guess from these smiles that they had been nervous!

Ben really wants some of TJ's candy cane.

Candy canes might have been the highlight of the morning.

Family picture in front of the huge tree. 

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