Santa Brunch 2017:

Happy half-way through the week friends! 

We are anxiously awaiting for the weekend to get here! ;)  

We have finally been experiencing some chilly temperatures here in North florida {40s} and it has truly made it feel so much more like Christmas! I would love for it to stay chilly through Christmas, but we know that won't happen {the weather is already saying it's going to be back up into the 70s tomorrow... haha!}. But having the cold weather over the weekend made all of our festive events that much better! 

On Sunday was our clubs Annual Santa Brunch and it is an event we look forward to every year! We don't go to the mall and see "Santa's helper Santa", we wait for our brunch with "the real one" {as Charli exclaims}. This was our third year attending and it was just as magical as I had wished! Santa & Mrs. Claus have remembered our children every year and it truly makes it that much more special {"Mommy, mommy, he remembered me & Mrs. Claus remembered the dress I had on last year"... she really did and if you could have seen Charli's smile! priceless!}

I love the intimacy of our annual brunch with the big guy. He spends so much time with each and every child or family and the children can go back up as many times as they want {Charli was out playing with her friends and fell, so CLEARLY she needed to go see Santa and show him her boo boo... hahaha}. 

The biggest hurdle that we tackled was Crew willingly sitting on Santa's lap. If you remember from Last Year, he kicked the guy, screamed, went limp, etc etc. He finally warmed up to him by the time brunch was over, but I wasn't expecting much from him this year. He has been in the same room with a "Santa helper santa" and has kept his distance and would only wave. So I call this a victory! 

We had the most magical and truly wonderful morning with Santa and all of our friends. Now for my children to be extra good and loving to each other {Santa's orders!}.

And now a look into Santa Pics Past

{2014// 2015// 2016}

Wishing you all a very merry week!