We recently went to Frederick Meijer Gardens for their annual Christmas Party. They have "Christmas Trees of the World" displayed, Santa and Mrs. Claus, crafts for kids, and an enormous toy train running throughout the green house. We started by visiting Santa, which I realized is more for the parents than the kids. Every parent in line, including us, was talking their kid into sitting on Santa's lap. Every kid was crying or trying to back out in some way. Yet we all kept telling our kids "this will be fun!" Carter told us he would stand near Santa and that Mia had to go on his lap. He did o.k., he didn't cry at least, but he barely stood next to him and he wouldn't answer Santa when he asked what Carter wanted for Christmas. Mia on the other hand took one look at Santa and threw a huge crying fit. All while we're yelling "Smile! Look at the camera!" Yeah right. After the traumatic Santa station, we did all fun stuff. We did some crafts, watched the train, and tried to get some good Christmas pictures of the kids together.
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What a fun Christmas event! The Santa picture cracks me up. It reminds of that picture of Carly with "Santa Paws." Remember that? Santa was trying to put his arms around Carly and she was leaning as far away from him as possible? Carter seems to have the same idea. Just stay beyond arm's reach ... : ) Too funny.
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