Ho Ho Ho

Today we took the kids to Santa's Wonderland at Bass Pro Shops because they were advertising free pictures with Santa. We love free and apparently so does the rest of the city because they were having 2 hour wait times! They give you a fast pass so you can just come back at that time instead of having to wait in the line the entire time which was a bonus. Thankfully the area where Santa is in has so many fun things for children to do that our kids didn't complain once about the wait. There was a mini set up of their gun range for the kids to shoot, child bow and arrows to aim at ducks, remote control 4x4's, a car race track, a room full with huge white pom-poms for snowball fights and picnic tables covered with colouring sheets and markers. When we got to see Santa he took about 10 minutes chatting with the kids and filling their heads with crazy little facts. When Brayden told him he'd like some LEGO for Christmas Santa taught him that in Swiss LEGO translates to "Let's Play" and then continued teaching the kids a couple different words in different languages. He was the best Santa ever and totally reminded me of the Santa from the old black and white classic "Miracle on 34th Street" which I love.

The kids picture this year is hilarious with Santa caught in the middle of a big jolly "HO HO HO" which only completed the experience.