Santa, baby

3rd annual trip to see the "real" Santa Claus at Cabela's. The line was a little long this time, but we made it and I was proud of Mayzie for daring to talk to and even hug Santa, when she had been pretty nervous to meet him. She does NOT like strangers at all. She told him she wanted a Thomas the train playtent. Santa told Beth she would make a cute little elf at his workshop, and that made her feel pretty cool.

We got a bunch of free tokens to use at the practice range upstairs, so they had fun shooting at targets and sitting in the Moose chair :) I wouldn't let Dave buy Bethany a pink BB gun there, so he bought a pink fishing pole instead.





We have been having fun the last few weeks with the kids, making fun treats, watching Christmas movies, and Dave has taken them fishing a couple of times.
This is Mayzie all tuckered out after a hard afternoon of fishing! At least they caught lots of fish.





Mayzie all dressed up :)

Alyssa with her "rainbow cookies" we made for her Activity days; the girls decorating gingerbread men from our neighbor.

Zoey makes for a great pillow.


Our adopted cat Fedor, a Russian Blue, has been getting more than his fair share of playtime as well. I guess the "Cat's in the Cradle" is true at our house.







And for a grand finale, yet another of my children has dressed themselves up as Santa Clause :)