Santa!!!

Emma was a bit nervous to see Santa by herself so Alison jumped in the picture with her. She is such a sweet little angel:)

Cy did great. He was nervous as we were walking up but he jumped right up there and told Santa that he "needed" a Choo Choo for Christmas. To be honest, I expected serious tears from him as he is going through a somewhat shy stage but he was awesome!

Alison and Emma Anders, our dear dear friends!!

Sweet family photo!!

Cy & Dad checking out the Choo Choo train!

The Best of Friends!!!

Stalactites and Stalagmites, we just finished learning about these Dripstones in class so I'm excited to show my students my "find".

Mom, in the cave.

The guys, checking out the trout stream.

Cy was super excited about the huge fish tank! The catfish, " Billy ", 54 inches in length and weighed in at 105 pounds! That is nearly the size of me (give or take a few pounds and inches:))!

My son is a climber, on anything and everything. I wonder where he gets this?

Is it wrong that I was cheering him on?

Posing in Santa's Village

Coloring a Choo Choo and writing a letter to Santa to be mailed in the HUGE mailboxes:)

Is it too late to send it Express?

We took Cy to the Bass Pro Shop in Ashland for a visit to Santa and to play in his Elf village. This is practically the only place in Richmond that you can see Santa for free and it was amazing. There was so much for the kids to do and see, we were there for almost 2 hours and only saw Santa for a few minutes. Cy had a blast and our wonderful friends, Alison and Emma Anders, joined us in the fun. It was a great time and certainly a tradition we will be implementing from this point on:)