We sat very close to the stage, so at the end we "claimed" Jon and bypassed the parent crowd:
Our very exciting weekend started early Saturday morning, when we decided to go to a (first annual) Breakfast with Santa event. It was only a few miles from our house at the Hillsboro Fairgrounds, there was no issues with parking , and admission price was just right ($19 for all six of us, that included a breakfast and a picture with Santa)!
Taking picture as a group turned out to be quite a challenge though For some reason Jon absolutely refused to get anywhere near Santa. We had to give up on the first attempt, eat some food, then try again. This time I told Jon that I would be willing to be in the picture and have him sit on my lap, far far away from Santa.
At first he seems to go along with it, but at the last second, he backed out
The best part was that all that negotiating was captured by a photographer from the Hillsboro Argus newspaper, and what do you know?.. It was published in a Tuesday's issue!
After the dramatic photo session, kids decorated sugar cookies and went around vendors' tables, looking for goodies.
We found a petting zoo and an inflatable maze. I gave kids a choice of one or the other.
Gabe and Miranda opted for feeding the animals:
Larissa and Jon went through the maze.
On the way out, we stopped by a Santa's letter writing station, and Jon composed a letter only he can read...
It doesn't take much $$ to have a good time, that's for sure!
As the temperature continued dropping, we finally decided that we all hate a candle burning setting in our fireplace. We removed the fake logs and the oil cans, brought in some old fire logs from the backyard, and started a REAL fire. Never we will go back!
We have done so much that day, that kids were totally worn out, and dropping like flies, falling asleep (literally) where ever:
We continued with a fun weekend on Sunday. As soon as Miranda came back from a sleepover Tim and I went out and surprised the kids with a real tree! (We have had enough of fake tree too). Of course, we also had to get the stand, but I guess it will last for a while.
We didn't want anything too small or too big, so we got a tree just under 7' tall.
For dinner we all headed out to meet Tim's old Intel friends, visiting from Arizona (Gail & Donna). Gail insisted kids take her $5 and try getting something from a claw machine. She didn't have to ask twice. All the kids gathered around the glass box, working out a best strategy. Talk about a team work!
It took (quite) a few attempts, and a few more $$, but kids were able to score three toys to take home!
I think everyone picked the right crown for this picture...
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