Christmas at Bass Pro

For the past several years, we've gone to see Santa at Bass Pro and enjoy all the fun holiday stuff they have. We learned last year that it's best to do this on the weekdays because the weekends are SO crowded. And while they have a fantastic system in place for seeing Santa, it's nice to do the rest of the stuff without the waiting lines. While there we saw Santa (which was a big hit until we actually walked up to him, and then both kids balked a bit), rode the reindeer carousel a couple times, saw the fish (no special holiday fish though), drove model trains, drove model cars, shot nerf type guns and crossbows, colored, and looked at all the fun decorations.

While not the best picture, this one pretty much displays everyone's sentiments about the process. Corina didn't cry, but she also wasn't terribly excited about being put on a strangers lap. Lukas decided he didn't want to sit with Santa, but agreed to stand beside him. And Santa was just trying to get a smile, a look, anything out of Corina.



Riding the reindeer carousel!



While Lukas drove trains and cars and shot nerf guns, Corina colored.



You can see in his face, "Mom, I'm only doing this because you made me. I'd much rather be over there driving the model train."





He was trying so hard not to smile because he knew I was standing there taking his picture.



Mommy and kids.



Daddy and kids.