Santa Claus came to town

Every year Santa and Ms. Claus come to a friend's house for a pre-Christmas visit! It is such a terrific time!!! The kids have a private 10-15 minute time frame with Mr. and Mrs. S, there are no lines, we get to spend a memorable evening with friends and family and Katie Lee takes pictures for us. Santa always brings a small gift for the kids in his big red sack and fully enjoys his time with them.

Colin just LOVES Santa and thinks it is "cool" that he comes to Colton and Madi's house just for them! Colin gave Santa such a strong high-five, he hurt his hand. LOL. Ava, on the other hand, HATES him! She isn't one for strangers and then you add a white beard, giant red suit and a "Ho, Ho, Ho"?...not so much! There was one point in the evening that she and Santa were BOTH petting the dog but as soon as Santa talked to her, she ran away. Oh well...at least we were able to capture her "excitement" on camera.

santa's visit 2011

he's telling santa that he is 5 now...notice the 4 fingers + 1 finger = 5! :)

Last year, Ava was only 6 months old so she didn't really understand what was going on. She did pretty well at Colton and Madi's but when we went to the mall for round 2...that was a different story. We went to the mall too because every year we let the kids pick out a new ornament for the tree from Hallmark. The kids were dressed cute and Colin colored a picture for the Big Guy so we went in for another photo opp.

santa's visit 2010

santa's visit 2009



santa 2008

Maybe next year's Santa pics will have a baby bump in them ;)