Monday, December 7, 2009

santa fifer...

their are so many traditions this time of year. i am the kind of girl who holds tight to traditions, so i love continuing a good tradition. my sweet sister in law, sarah, has a very patient, kind, and wonderful father in law who dresses up each year as santa claus. he sets himself up in front of her christmas tree and invites us all to come over and snap a few pictures. it is wonderful!! there is no issue finding a parking spot or waiting in a long line to see him. santa fifer is so kind and patient with all the kids and even asks them what they want for christmas. he also doesn't mind if they scream, cry, and run away- just like any good santa! this year the tradition continued so we headed over to the fifer house to visit santa fifer.

olivia is still not so sure about sitting on ANY santa's lap, not even santa fifer. but she is comfortable standing right next to him. she even answered his questions this year!! she told him that she wanted a pink and black baby doll stroller, pajamas for her emily doll, and a church necklace. :)
jack on the other hand was not as into the experience at all. he cried through the entire process, but i love it! is that bad? i am that mom who makes her kid cry on santa's lap because i want to have a picture with him every year and remember the years that they just screamed. all part of the fun for me anyway!

we did manage to get a cute picture of all the girls smiling and enjoying their time with santa fifer...

and one of all the kids with jack screaming, of course...
thank you fred for continuing this fun tradition. i love seeing you each year and i love even more that you are such a special part of our christmas season. thank you fifers for hosting such a fun afternoon!!

my mom still wants to take the kids back to the santa out in allen to continue her tradition with them, but she has had 2 failed visits so far. the line is soooo long! we are going to try one more time this week! i'll report on that if and when that happens. :)

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