First up, Lunch with Santa at our local park district. I really feel lucky to live in a town like TP where we have so many options to do things with our children. Everything they put on so far has been so well done.
We got seated with a sticker project that I think Tim may have enjoyed more than John. Then, we had a wonderful lunch of chicken, pasta, fruit, Italian sausage, salad and rolls. John LOVED the pasta. He kept placing the noodle on his fork with his hand and then taking the fork up to his mouth! By the time he was done, he had the chair, his pants and his shirt COVERED in red sauce. Thank God for wet wipes.
Soon, Santa came. I'm not quite sure he "gets" the concept of Santa, but he's pretty crazy about the guy. I am also trying to teach him about St. Nick, but all we got to this year were coloring some pages and a stocking with a few small gifts for St. Nicholas Day. We got some cute shots of him with the big guy. Don't mind the roll in my hands. John wouldn't give it up.
After Santa, we started playing Santa Bingo. John was the first person to win (well, Tim was). We got a bag of stuff and then the personality shift began. John started hitting Tim with a toy. Then, he got mad and spilled his juice all over on purpose. I tapped his hand and told him that we didn't do things like that and we'd be going home. Do you know how hard it is to make an exit with a child, a camera and all kinds of little things? It's darn right comical. By the time we were done packing up, he was back to sweet boy mode, but we left and told him we were going because of his behavior. It's kind of hard to discipline such a young child. I felt terrible afterwards. But sometimes, you got to do what you got to do.
John was actually pretty good the rest of the day. He just played and we watched some old sitcoms. Tim and I had wanted to take John to Zoo Lights at Brookfield Zoo last year, but we didn't make it. Since John was behaving and well, really, we wanted to go, Tim called up his folks. Tim's mom ended up joining us and we had quite a good time. The extra pair of hands sure did come in handy.
The lights were AMAZING. Unfortunately, our little guy fell asleep! I felt bad he was missing out, but he woke up soon enough. I don't know how he managed to sleep with the cold and the noise!
We mostly just walked around for two hours and looked at all the lights. It really was an awesome experience. We had some fun with photos too though.
Despite the cold, we all had an excellent time. It was nice to spend the evening together with my boys and mother-in-law taking in the lights. It was almost like being in Disney at night. We had a terrific time and capped the evening off with a McDonald's dinner. I wish every Saturday night was quite that magical.
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