Ho Ho Ho!

"It's the most wonderful time of the year..." keeps singing through my head since we've been in December. Yesterday we traveled down to hospital to have lunch with Santa! The kids were so excited that morning and of course kept asking me "can we go now?" We arrived 30 minutes early and were first in line! Sam was the first one to sit on Santa's lap and tell him what he wanted for Christmas this year (a zhu zhu pet and a race car). They had two of Santa's elves there too and I am proud to say both of my children were on the "nice" list. Even more exciting, I was on the naughty list! Woo hoo!
Annie was just beaming as she sat on Santa's lap. She also told Santa she wanted a Zhu Zhu pet and was so happy to just see Santa. The hospital did a great job this year, with face painting, crafts and three sets of carolers. We also had free lunch while we were there. In today's day, it is so rare to truly have a free event. And so great!


Here are the kids after they had their faces painted. Of course after naps they were half off, but they were cute while they lasted.

Here is Mrs. Claus giving Sammy his candy cane after sitting on Santa's lap. (see Annie in the background?)

It was a wonderful day!