Annual visit to Santa

I LOVE taking the kids to see Santa.  For me, it is one of the best days of the year.  So, this post is overflowing with photos to preserve our family memories. We usually try to visit Santa the day before Thanksgiving.  And this year we did.  I am just so behind in posting. Santa was scheduled to arrive at 11:00 and we arrived at 10:50 and were lucky enough to be first in line....

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Just before we left (this is overexposed but I still love its light and airy look).

I am usually a big fan of the "waiting in line" photos but we did not wait long...

Will flipping his "Bieber-ish" do.

Walking up to greet the Big man...

Kate put her hand in Santa's hand.

Santa took turns talking directly to each one of our peanuts.

Santa apparently is bothered by flash so they asked me not to use it. Therefore, I had to lighten these and lost some quality.

Here are the poorly scanned mall photos...

After seeing Santa we head over to Dylan's Candy Bar.  We only go once a year and I let each peanut choose one thing.  

Harry is literally like a kid in a candy store.  He has a MAJOR sweet tooth and he loves this place.

Katie Ru's sweet tooth is not far behind Harry's.

Will is not a huge candy fan.  He likes novelty candy.  This is a Mario bros mushroom.

After the candy store we always get a few shots on the 3rd floor in front of the skating rink tree (we have such silly traditions)...

Last weekend, while we were out of town our friends took Harry and Kate to breakfast with Santa at our church.  Kate told them that she did not need a photo since she had already seen Santa but she did go up and speak to Santa and the photographer snapped this.  Isn't is darling?  I adore it.  My scanner is old and dirty so the quality is horrible here.

Okay, our party is in just 5 hours.  I am ready. I have just a few finishing touches to complete.  Lots of people could not make it this year so it should be smaller than we expected.  Here is a sneak peek...

After the party tonight, I have the Teddy Bear tea tomorrow with Kate and Harry's small birthday party/sleep over.  Pray for me:)