It's here! Our day to visit Santa. The one that we visit in Atlanta had been around for something like 30 years!! We saw him last year with Little man and the grands and the year before too,with G-Baby. He was awesome. He always told the children the story of Jesus.
He was exceptional. He was Santa Ray. He passed away this summer. We are hoping that this new Santa will tell about Jesus and the reason for the Christmas celebration like Santa Ray did.
It is like a Christmas miracle to get a visit with this Santa. We were on the computer the very minute you could make reservations. It books up that quick!! With Santa Ray, it was worth it. I'll let ya, know how this one goes.
We searched all day on Saturday for shoes and socks to match Little Man's outfit. I thought I was soooo cool for choosing the very hip, very in style colors of chocolate and blue (the john-john is chocolate velvet and the shirt is baby blue).
Sounds nice huh? Yeah, try to find dark brown bucs and dark brown knee socks for boys!!!!! Who knew???? Next year, we are back to basic red or black!! My hubby was very patient with me through all of this shopping ordeal. thanks honey!
This is all very important because you get a video each year with your child's visit with Santa. So ya know, fashion is a top priority! I was getting the video tape ready (they make DVD'S from the VHS) and I almost cried when i saw how little he was last year. He has grown so much. It is neat to have that. Although we don't really do a big Santa thing, we do enjoy playing along for this little event.
Okay, and we are going on the "Polar Express" train ride in Tennessee on Saturday and we will see Santa there as well. That is an hour and 15 min. train ride, it books up like crazy too. We have never done that before. We will see if it will become tradition or not!
Have a great day!
How fun!! We were thinking about taking the girls to the Polar Express as well. We went one year when my nephew (now 10) was only 2 or 3. We haven't booked our reservations, so we're not sure if we'll get to go or not. We're not big Santa pushers, not because we have anything "wrong" with him, but neither one of us believed in Santa long as kids, so no fuzzy memories so we just figure we'll see if Isabella likes him. :) I think if we had a "special Santa" like you do maybe we would take her, but I surely am not going to wait in the crazy lines at the mall.
Posted by: DeAnna | November 20, 2006 at 10:35 AM
Now you just HAVE to post a pic of the little man in his "goin' to see Santa" outfit! I have some of Jessica's photos with Santa and I really do treasure them.
Let us know how the Polar Express turns out. I don't think they have that around here....I haven't heard anything about one, anyway....
Posted by: Diane J. | November 20, 2006 at 01:29 PM
Sounds like a fun time. I hope it goes great with the new Santa. The outfit sounds adorable. As far as the socks, maybe next time you could dye some (my husband loves to dye hunting stuff!) but I never think that far ahead.
Ted Dekker's "The Promise" was a good Christmas story. Of course it had a sad element, as a lot of his work does. It's extremely fast to read, but very good. I really like him. I need to read House, but I have to say that I HATED "Showdown," I think it was called. Did you read that? What did you think? I wish I hadn't read it - and I never say that about a book! I'm anxious to hear what you think!
Posted by: Chappyswife | November 20, 2006 at 04:32 PM
My sister was telling me about the "Polar Express" train ride, I would love to know (one how much does it run, and two what you thought of it) =))
Posted by: Laurel Wreath | November 20, 2006 at 11:30 PM
sounds like a wonderful time.
Posted by: Twisted Cinderella | November 23, 2006 at 09:06 AM
Oh, y'all are being all Santa-fied! Makes me want to cry. The discussion in the car yesterday was about how there's no Santa (a fact my 9-yr old has finally come to grip with). So, I said, "Since there's no Santa, He doesn't have to come put stuff under the tree at 1:AM on Christmas Eve anymore, right? We can just open presents. No more milk-n-cookies and etc. for me to have to fool with, right?
The car got really quiet. After a time, he said, "Okay. I do still believe in Santa after all."
Some things are just too much fun to let go of!
Posted by: Carol | November 26, 2006 at 09:15 AM
That sounds like a lot of fun. I can not believe it is that time of year again! Wow how time flies - especially for us mommies!
Posted by: Tiff | November 26, 2006 at 06:27 PM