Breakfast with Santa

When Jingle dropped off all the ornaments, he also invited Danny and Jonas (and Jeff and I of course) to an official breakfast with Santa! I can't think of a more fun way to kick off all the Christmas activities. I'm not sure who was more excited...Jonas or me?! Santa held his breakfast at Gardner Village. When we arrived, we got to eat while we waited for everyone else to arrive. We were at the CinnaBear table. There were three very funny elves that kept us engaged. One was Sally Snowball and she encouraged us to be naughty. Jonas thought she was funny. He even got in a "snowball fight" with her. Another elf, Ginger Jingle kept throwing mini-marshmallows on our table.

Finally, it was time to welcome Santa with a few Christmas songs. Jonas's face was filled with anticipation as we sang...and then there he was...Santa had arrived! Mrs. Claus joined him too. We were lucky to be the first table to greet Santa. Jonas told him that he wanted an electric scooter for Christmas. Danny and Jeff were good sports and joined us in a fun family picture.

After we greeted Santa, we got to decorate sugar cookies and enjoy the rest of our breakfast. The boys even got to write a letter to Santa so that he wouldn't forget what they wanted for Christmas (although Danny got his gift early).

We left the breakfast and immediately went on an elf hunt! Gardner Village sets up different elves around the stores in different settings. We had fun looking for all the silly elves. It was the perfect holiday morning!