Santa & Sharks

Saturday, December 7, 2013

We go to see the Santa at Bass Pro Shop every year.  He is the best and they are so much friendlier there than the mall.  We got there early and were third in line to see the "Big Guy".  The Tatums met us there and Jude saw Santa for the first time.

Jude did great.  He didn't even cry.  

Alexis asked Santa for a Letterman's Jacket, Cam asked for recording equipment, and Seth asked for a DSI or drums.  Although my kids have been pretty good this year, Santa may not be bringing some of those things.

When we walked out of Bass Pro Shop, there were miniature donkeys for the kids to pet.  

Cam and Seth had been begging to see Frozen, so I took them after lunch.  It was a cute movie, but the best part was the little girl behind us freaking out when there was kissing. "That's disgusting!" She was so funny!

Later that afternoon, we met up with the Tatums again to go to the Shark Reef.  The Reef gives CCSD employees and a guest a free ticket on the first weekend of every month.  So with 3 teachers, we all got in free except Seth. The kids love to hold Jude and they passed him around almost the whole time we were there.

We liked seeing the kimono dragon and the piranhas.  I would love to visit on a feeding day. 

No one was afraid to touch the rays in the petting pool this time.

We finally went into the giant Shark area and hung around there for a while, watching all the strange underwater creatures. These three are pretty strange too.

When we surfaced in the gift shop, Lex and Seth found these masks and did their impression of  baby-eating sharks.

It was a long, fun day and we all went home pretty tired.