Visit with Santa

This year Mason was a big help in writing his and Morgan's letters to Santa.

He got his crayons out and was very particular about what colors he wanted to use. He named off several toys that he was just dying to get for Christmas. It was so funny to hear him name them off with such excitement. Then he helped us decide what to write in Morgan's letter and what she should ask for, too.

We "mailed them" to the North Pole and then it was time to wait for Christmas!

One day, we took a trip to North Pole City to visit Santa. It is such a beautiful place to go, but especially this time of year! The decorations were absolutely gorgeous!!

Mason had fun running all around checking it out.

Mason, Klayton and Emma enjoyed the caboose ride.

Such adorable cousins!

Then it was time to all gather up and wait for Santa to arrive.

Mason kept asking "Where is Santa, Mommy!" "He's not coming!"

Santa was running a little late and the kids were all getting a little antsy, so they distracted the kids by having them sing Christmas songs.

He finally popped throught the red curtains!

The kids were all so excited to see him!

Look at Mason's big smile!

He was thrilled to see Santa!

Then Santa sat down and read the Christmas story to the kids.

He had a book with pictures to go along with his story.

The kids all watched and listened so well as Santa spoke. I think they were afraid to act up in fear they wouldn't get any presents!

After the story, we attempted to wait in line to get a picture with Santa, but it was a couple hours long wait. So, we checked the rest of the place out instead.

There was a room with a ton of displays of little towns. Mason and Morgan both loved looking at them.

Morgan was so funny checking it all out.

She kept shoving her face against the glass to look closer.

There were decorations from the celing to the floor.

A Santa and his reindeer flew across one of the roofs.

There was a beautiful nativity scene on display that Mason pointed out exactly who was who in it.

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Since the line was so long to see Santa at North Pole City, we headed to where we visited Santa last year-Bass Pro Shop.

There was a Winter Wonderland area that had fun games and entertainment while we waited.

There was a lot of fun things to do. The boys had a great time driving remote control trucks, shooting rifles and sling shots and racing cars on the race track.

After we played a while, we got in the long line to see the big man.

Once it was our turn in line, Mason slapped his hand over his mouth and got SO excited once he saw Santa!

Sis wasn't sure what she was excited about, but got all giddy just because Bubba was.

Right when we walked up to see Santa, Mason started telling him all about the Optimus Prime and other toys that he wanted for Christmas.

Mason was just rambling away while Morgan just stared at Santa's face.

My sweet, little Santa babies.

We got to see two really good Santas this year!

The letters were written and in the mail, the kids got to see Santa and tell him what they wanted, and all that was left was to wait for Christmas Day!