A Santa look back

I can't believe how fast the time is going!!!!  Really -  how is it possible?

 

Here are our previous Santa years

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOOO MUCH FUN!!!!!!!

 

We do have the special magic at my house for sure! 

Our visit with Santa

We (meaning me) decided we wanted to go somewhere different to see Santa this year, last year I got spoiled because he came to our neighborhood club house and this year they couldn't get it set up (I am totally considering how to help them do that next year)....

 

So we went to Bass Pro to see what that was like.....

 

The scenery - AMAZING

 

 

The Santa!!!  AUTHENTIC!

 

 

 

 

 

He didn't rush her, the two pictures below, they were really having a nice conversation. 

 

 

 

The wait to see him OH HOLY MOLY!!!  It was almost a 4 hour yes HOUR wait to see him.  We didn't have to be there the whole time waiting but even though we were waiting while not there it seemed like the whole day was spent waiting!  it was CRAZY there!!  but she's happy and that makes me happy!!!

 

She is also obsessed with nutcrackers this year!

 

9th Birthday Party Pictures

We had SO many kids come to celebrate with us!  It was a total blast!!! 

 

They RAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They JUMPED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They PLAYED

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attempt at group picture- most kids are in the picture. 

They ATE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mikayla opened her gifts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The men think they did all the work HA HA  (sorry had to post this one.....) (I will be getting in trouble for it)

 

 

and most importantly our little girl "had the best birthday ever!!!"

 

 

Mikayla's Party!

Well our party tried to get out of control...and it ALMOST succeeded.... from the party event not getting our party table set up on time, rather 15 minutes late, to party guests being there before we were set up.... those kinds of things that make it feel hectic.  However, Katie and I rocked it and proceeded as if we had all the time in the world to get it set up exactly as we wanted it to be!  Thank goodness I brought my own table too, because we didn't have enough room LOL!

 

We had a treat table and a food table... I didn't want either one overly crowded! 

 

 

 

I ordered a plain frosted cake from Sams and had an Olaf topper made for it!  I love love love how it came out.

 

 

 

 

 

We made all of the crowns (by made, I mean I bought preassembled visors, we reversed the visor and cut out the crown and added a snowflake) - they seriously rocked!  We had reindeer ears for the boys.

 

 

So after we got set up, Katie and I went to the party that was already in progress.  These kids had a serious blast, I'm still getting comments from other parents about how much fun it was!!! 

  

We had a truckload of kids!!!  I couldn't believe how many kiddos we had!

 

More to come!  :)