Santa???

A few years ago someone told us that the best place to see Santa was at The Bass Pro Shop. We went and had a great time--there was an AWESOME Santa, free pictures with him as well as crafts and games and fake snow. Oh and all the dead animals were cool too. (No, not really.) We decided to give it a try again this year. We met Ryan's sister Katie and her family there at 2:00 on a Saturday afternoon. Not the best planning on my part. It. was. packed. I saw the line for Santa and got in it, so excited that it wasn't that long. Then, it was just like the scene from "A Christmas Story." You know the one.

Me: "Is this the line for Santa??"
Man: "Do you have your ticket?"
Me: "What ticket?"
Man: "You can't even get in line without a ticket. You have to get one from that booth over there."
I saunter over to the booth, only to discover that the tickets they were currently handing out were for 8:00 pm that night--SIX HOURS LATER!!!! Sorry kids, no Santa is that good. Better luck next year. HO. HO. HO.

So we played the games and played with the dead animals instead.

Luckily, the kids had all seen Santa the week before at Ryan's work party. Lincoln told him that he wanted a snowglobe for Christmas, but Santa thought he said a snowblower and told him he was too young. Fun times!