Santa and His Reindeer

Noah left some cookies for Santa and a carrot for Rudolph.
He was astonished to see that they had been eaten when he checked the plate in the morning.

Santa

We decided not to stay in the 3 hour line and wait for Santa. So we checked out the activities at Bass Pro Shops instead.

Noah thought the kayaks were rockets and insisted that he fly it. He also had to jump in and out of every row boat available.

Noah raced the cars around the tracks with the other kids while Nate watched.

A picture by the fireplace and Noah ramming monster trucks with other kids.
We were in the parking lot heading out to our car when we spotted The Taylor Fam. We told them there was a long line so we didn't get a pic with Santa. They were like, "Well lucky for you we got our pass earlier today and get to go straight to the front of the line. Join us!" Yay! So after all that, we were able to get a picture with Santa. Both Noah and Nate were great!

Noah thrilled with his candy cane and Nate's first meeting with Santa. But best of all.............

As we were loading into the car, another Santa (out of uniform) approached Noah and started talking to him. Such a sweet guy. Noah refers to him as the "real santa". Why? I don't know.

Santa - Take 2

This visit was the complete opposite of our last one. Noah had no problems at all sitting on Santa's lap. He wasn't smiling or anything like that, but he wasn't trying to get away either. Anyway, we had loads of fun at Bass Pro Shops. They have so many activities for the kids and Noah is now old enough to participate in almost all of them.

Santa

Yesterday we were shopping and Santa happened to be at the store so we took a picture with him. When Noah sees Santa he waves and yells "Hi Tanta! Hi!" In fact, on the way over, there was a Santa waving to passing cars. We rolled down Noah's window at the traffic light and he had a "conversation" with him. Anyway, everything seems to be going well. We stand back and watch a few kids sit on Santa's lap before cautiously approaching him. He sits on his lap...

Then the photo girl made the mistake of taking his pretzel from his hand.
He then becomes very skeptical of Santa.

We try again slowly getting closer and closer.

But this is the only way he would have it.

In the end he gave Santa a high-five and liked him again but only with me as a barrier. We'll be visiting Santa again so we'll let you know how it goes.