We had a snow day at our house yesterday. That doesn't mean too much with a preschooler and toddler at home, but I thought it would be fun to have a completely free day with nothing to do. We'll just run a couple of errands. Right.
The kids wanted to go see Santa, and frankly I thought that might entice Kate to stop crying about gymnastics class being cancelled, so off we went. After a couple of quick stops, I figured out Sam thought we were going to see Santa at Crown Center. I explained that I meant to see Santa at Independence Center—which was all very confusing, the idea of santa being at both places and all. I'm not a convincing liar I'm afraid. I mean, imaginer—not liar.
We made it to Santa at the Independence Center and he was just fine. He asked the kids what they wanted and even helped when needed. That was good, because Kate's response to his inquiry about what she wanted for Christmas went something like this: "Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm……" He suggested a baby doll and she said yes (I thought – HA!). And he clarified, "Like a Dora?" "Yes! Dora!" she said. Perfect.
For Sam, he said he wanted a Star Wars ship. "A lego one?" Santa asked. "Yes," Sam replied. Great.
While at lunch, we got a call from Sam's train buddy Bill informing us about the Santa Train visiting downtown Blue Springs. I flew into high gear and got Kate down for a nap, wrapped presents, and got to Blue Springs by 4 pm to meet Bill and see the Christmas Train. I hadn't planned on the 45 minutes outside waiting in line for the train, but the kids were super and played in the snow and ate popcorn and drank hot chocolate. Would you know that neither one of them complained once? It's a standard I had trouble living up to myself. This Santa was friendly, but pretty busy, so no new lists were created.
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