Thursday, December 15, 2011

Jolly Old St. Nicholas

We had a fun morning last Saturday at the National Cine Media Annual Children's Christmas Party! We headed over to the theater for breakfast...

balloon animals (a turtle for Nolan and a puppy for Heath)...

and...
SANTA!
Nolan did a great job and walked right up to Santa. He wanted to sit next to him and told him that he would like "Army Guys" for Christmas!

He was a little bit shy and quiet but so brave and a great role model for Heathy!

I snapped this photo on my own camera quickly when Heath first sat down with Santa. He CRIED and did not want to get too close! Isn't Santa's reaction hilarious!!!

So, as always, Mark had to get in on the photo action to help Heath calm down and enjoy Santa!
Santa was his usual jolly self and really took an interest in helping Heath warm up to him!

He asked what he wanted for Christmas, and of course, Heath requested another "Buzz" Lightyear figure!

Heath eventually got up really close to Santa and they had the sweetest little chat! And before he left he was high fiving the big guy!

Santa gave the boys great treat bags full of lots of treasures! Nolan was thrilled about his new toucan puppet! He named him "Oneie", because as he says, "I only have ONE toucan stuffed animal!" Funny boy!

And finally, it was time for a MOVIE! All the kids got to stay for the new "Muppet Movie". Daddy and Nolan enjoyed it, but it was a bit over Heath's head as he normally only sits through animated movies. So I was on Heath duty taking him out of the theater every 30 minutes or so to run the halls and let out some energy!

We love this fun tradition and are so thankful that Mark's work is so generous and family focused! Check out our photos from past parties: here, and here, and here! I think we are making progress every year!

1 comment:

Cara S. said...

The black and white pic of Nolan and Santa is awesome. You can just hear Nolan asking for army guys...and I love the one of Heathy facing Santa, so cute! Did he get a new shirt?