Visit with Santa Claus!

We made our annual trip to Bass Pro Shops to see Santa Claus. Grayson was really excited. He told me prior to seeing him that he was going to tell him that he loved him! Brady was excited to see him too. Both boys told Santa what they hoped he would bring them for Christmas and Grayson told him he would leave him some cookies and milk. Anna Cate thought she was excited, but once she was placed on Santa's knee, excitement soon turned to terror!




After we saw Santa we walked around a bit. Anna Cate liked seeing the fish with her big brothers.



This bear has made several appearances on this blog with Brady and Grayson! But, it's fun to be able to see them taller and taller with each picture!




***It's really neat for me to see Christmas through our kids eyes, particularly through Grayson's this year. He's at that magical age where he truly "gets" Christmas. He understands fully about Santa - that he will come on Christmas Eve and bring presents; and that he must be a good boy for Santa to come (yep, I've used it several times!). He also loves the story of the first Christmas. He knows all about Mary, Joseph and the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

Our Christmas tree has brought us many smiles so far. And the kids love to look at all of the ornaments. And so far, they've done pretty good about not breaking any, either!