The twelfth day Santa Claus came to our town! Yes, even our teeny tiny town gets a special visit from the big man in red before the big day.
The morning started with us going to Marshall's school for breakfast with Santa.
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| Pancake breakfast |
After eating we were able to get a special visit in with St. Nick himself. Marshall approached him excited but timid. Santa asked Marshall if he would like to wear a real elf hat, of course Mads couldn't pass that up! It was really lovely, there was no line and the kids got quite a good amount of time talking to Santa; both of them were able to have one on one time with him even. There was a professional photographer on hand taking pictures and printing them off, free of charge. She gave us quite a bit!
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| Santa asking Marshall if he wanted to wear an official elf hat |
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| My view. Having a very special talk with Santa |
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| Marshall & Santa 2015 |
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Violet & Santa 2015
(Her first one on one visit with Mr. Claus) |
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| Santa & Violet talking to Papa off camera |
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Marshall & Violet
Breakfast with Santa 2015 |
We went home for naps & lunch, returning for the afternoon Christmas festival. For preschoolers and their siblings, it was put on by the preschool & prekindergarten teachers and assistants. They had so many cute (and easy!) game ideas. There was also a raffle, bounce house, and every child was gifted as free book.
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Marshall was so excited to get to pick out his own book! He picked 'Puppies in the Snow'
He's been on a puppy kick lately and asking for one
(please, for the love of all things holy, do NOT give us a real puppy!) |
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| Violet's book! It's a fun owl finger puppet board book |
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| Nothing more fun than a bounce house in your school's hallway! |
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Snowman bowling! It's kleenex boxes decorated as snowmen, the kids stack it up
and bowl it down! Fun and easy to pull off at home. |
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Decorate your own Christmas tree! Green paper wrapped boxes stacked upon one
another and then use velcro to affix soft ornaments and garland |
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| The kids working on magnet puzzles of Christmas characters |
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| Cutest little photobooth kids around! |
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Marshall decorated a house with lights on the smartboard.
It played in unison to Christmas jingles after he was done. |
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| Making sis into Frosty with cotton batting 'snow' and felt 'charcoal' |
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| Can't forget the top hat of course |
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| Marshall had to be decorated as Frosty too! |
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| We couldn't pass up the reindeer training! A laundry basket decorated as a sleigh, string with jingle bells, and reindeer antlers. Mads loved trying to stay on the painter's tape course |
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| Snowball toss! |
The twelfth day was a fabulous time of getting out and getting to celebrate out in our community- it reminded me of the events we use to go to in KC. Marshall had a great time visiting with Santa and he especially liked getting to play games and visit with his friends- even his crush from class made an appearance. It was just an all around great day centered around the kids and Mads' school; I really enjoyed the opportunity to get out and meet some more people from our new community. Join us tomorrow as Violet leads the way of the light for us!
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