visits with Santa

We've enjoyed getting into the holiday spirit with a few christmas activities. Prior to Heather's participation in the coldest Christmas parade I have ever seen we stopped for our first Santa visit. Heather and Charlie were happy to sit with him, take pictures and tell him what they wanted. Cameron settled for a five and stood next to the kids (with me not far off) for a picture. The next day Santa was at K-Mart and the kids again talked with him briefly. Since no one was around Cameron studied him for a bit and decided that he would give it a go and sat with him. He was fascinated with the beard and soft suit and pretty cute. This morning the kids school had a breakfast with Santa and we enjoyed pancakes served by elves and reindeer. Santa made his appearance and the kids waited for a visit. Cameron decided he would go first of our crowd and headed right over to sit in his lap. Very cute and I think there may be a picture of all the kids to share. Believe it or not we've actually done some non-santa christmas things including packing boxes for Operation Christmas child for 3 kids our kids ages and making cookies with mom and grandma.