Santa.

We went to visit Santa Claus at Bass Pro Shops (of course!) the first week in December. It was hard to figure out when we were going to squeeze in a Santa visit between afternoon basketball for Fawn, school schedules and farm weekends. Plus, to visit the best Santa -- the BPS Santa -- earlier is definitely better as that place gets insane. Buck knew he was going to be able to slip away from work a bit early and join us on the Santa outing. What a treat for the boys!

Going early was a great decision -- we barely waited at all, really just for Santa's break to end. The boys were so excited! And Fawn was just the best big brother -- he has really stepped up to the plate lately. He told Small Fry just what to do and held his hand waiting for Santa. Oh my heart!

The boys went right up to Santa and hopped on his lap. Fawn did most of the talking, but Small Fry was much less shy and spoke his requests too. Fawn asked for a Nerf or Nothing cross bow, a small air gun and target set (that he picked out at Bass Pro before we saw Santa!!! what?), and the Lego Batman bat cave. Small Fry asked for the Lego Duplo Batman bat cave, a Ninja Turtles toy, and a bulldozer. After they finished their requests and smiled for the camera, we were off to play the BPS games and ride the carousel. What a fun way to celebrate the Christmas season!

All smiles.

Explaining his requests. There was much angst later that evening that perhaps Fawn had not specified the Nerf or Nothing crossbow and had just said crossbow. He was very concerned he would not receive the correct one. So we wrote a letter to Santa clarifying his request and mailed it in one of the Santa mailboxes in Mountain Brook village. 

Carousel.

Love.