Breakfast with Santa

A few weeks ago, we had the company kiddie breakfast with Santa. Joe was very excited to meet Santa and almost remembered to thank him for the gifts from last year. He was much happier to sit on his lap than the first time we tried…
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Joe at 18 months.

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Joe at 3 1/2

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One little boy about 15 months old, who had been sitting near us, had a similar reaction to sitting on Santa's lap as Joe had had. When Joe saw him come back to his table still upset, he asked me to pick him up (the little boy was being held by his mom) and wanted to go over to see him. He patted the crying boy's shoulder and said with much concern and empathy, "It's alright, little boy! Don't be sad. Santa is nice!"

The twins weren’t quite sure what they thought of Santa, but they appreciated their new dump trucks.

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They breakfast was pretty darn good, but Joe only had three (yes, three) donuts and snagged a bran muffin on the way out the door. Hey, the bran muffin was healthy! Of course the twins couldn’t eat much since I didn’t know how it was made, but we did manage to try bacon. Luke loved it. I hope that doesn't end up being like Homer in the Simpson’s when he first introduces his friend Barney to beer.

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Another handy little “gift” for the families is a digital picture in a Christmassy setting – just some wingback chairs in front of a Christmas tree, but it was a godsend for us – if you’re on our card list, you’ll see why! Even though no one was smiling, they were basically looking in the same direction, and, really, it was as good as it was going to get for our family picture. Whew! One last thing to think about this season.