Santa's Village by the Sea

Getting in the Mood

Friday we had Brandon's work holiday party. My friend, Madi, glammed me up and I LOVED my hair. It was fun to get all dressed up and go out to a nice dinner and dancing (or should I say, watching other people dance..) We got pictures taken there but don't have them yet. Madi got some with her phone of my hair and make-up which I was the best part anyway. I got to wear the dress my mom made me over the summer and got several compliments on it, she will be SO happy.

 Yesterday we went to our community holiday celebration event called Santa's Village by the Sea. It is so much fun, they make snow on the hill outside the library and let the kids sled down ($1 per slide, of course!) They have cookie decorating, popcorn, The Polar Express playing and of course, Santa Clause. I am pretty sure I was the most excited one in our group.

Seth is the kid who will go to anybody happily. I can leave him with a stranger and he will have a great time. Lately, he has been on a "I prefer women" kick but he especially likes elderly men so we were thinking pictures with Santa would be an awesome experience, we would have the baby who didn't cry.... well, thats not quite how it went down.

Here is Seth in line for Santa. As the line moved forward, Seth locked himself in place and would NOT move. He was quite hesitant of the Elf. Once she started talking to him, he walked right over to her.

But as we got close to Santa, he would not move again. He even tried to sit down and grab me.

I figured we would just make it fast and he would be happy. I picked him up and put him on Santa's leg. Didn't work.

We did get one moment of peace as he looked into Santa's face... it didn't last long though.

We ended the night by going to this old mission style beach house that was donated to the community. It is like a mini-museum with pictures of San Clemente through the years and lots of newspaper articles. It has a beautiful view of the ocean and pier and it was all decorated for Christmas. There were also carolers and a bell choir (which was not as good as my mother-in-laws but still fun to listen to). Seth and daddy also got some bonding time while they waited for dinner, their favorite activity together is watching top gear. Seth LOVES cars!

Did you notice what's missing in all these pictures?? Seth graduated from his helmet on December 6. He misses it and I kept having him wear it. Brandon threatened to throw it away if I put it on him again so I put it on his book shelf with the other one where it will stay :(. 

My next post will be the before and after pics of the helmet, I can't wait to show off the changes!