Santa in Thermopolis

Blair had gotten transfered in December to Thermopolis for a month job. They had the most amazing library storytime! The lady who does the storytime knows all the kids by name, she does wonderful interactive songs with the kids, and they always have a fun craft afterwards. Well they were having Santa and Mrs. Claus coming to visit on the wednesday before Christmas so it was a packed house when we got there. After you sat on Santa's lap you got a candy cane and your choice of a beanie baby! I tell you what small town storytime is the way to go! Statton was the first one to sit on Santa's lap.

We had visited a Santa at the mall in Casper about a month earlier and the kids liked to wave and say hi but when it came to sitting on his lap there was no way! So after seeing a few Santa's around they have really warmed up to the idea and are now happy to sit on his lap and tell him what they want for Christmas. Statton always asks Santa for a Wac-a-mole game and Cassidy asks him for an Ariel dress. The only problem is they assume that because they asked for it Santa is suppose to give it to them right then and there. I have to explain to them everytime that you just ask for what you want and then Santa will bring it to them for Christmas.

Madison watched all the other kids sit on Santa's lap and thought it looked like fun so when Santa and Mrs. Claus gestured her up to them she was more than happy to go..until they picked her up and tried to sit her down then she wanted nothing to do with them. She was more than happy afterwards when she got her candy cane.

Notice the face

The kids are showing off the beanie babies they chose. Cassidy got a snail. Madison got a unicorn. Statton picked a duck. Those things have not left their side since. Except Madison. She was more than happy to give hers up come bedtime in exchange for her favorite yellow ducky. (she loves that thing)