We were lucky this past weekend to have a special guest visitor.....Ella came to town. And it was the perfect weekend for it - the tragic events of Friday are too much to bear and to have family in town and fun activities to keep us busy was just what we needed.
On Saturday we took Ella to the recently renovated and much improved Spencers for a nice and greasy breakfast. Thank goodness for small jellies and sugar packets whilst waiting for your grub.
Since we did the
mall Santa (without much success or with extreme success, depends on your love of small children freaking out), we opted to take up Jennifer's Pharmacy & Soda Shop in Clayton on their free Santa Saturday. No charge, use your own camera. Perfect.
They rolled out his chair before the big guy's arrival and we were all smiles. Santa's chair isn't so scary....
And then we heard the jingling of some bells and Santa appeared from around the corner while the girls were still sitting in the chair. If only I could have caught Reese's immediate jump down off the chair and full sprint across the room to hide behind me the moment she laid eyes on Santa. She retreated into Dad's arms and stayed there until we could finally coax her into at least giving Santa a high five.
Ryan fared much better....girlfriend had a list of toys to ask for after all.
And the highlight of the Santa encounter....a flying monkey the waitresses throw across the back of the counter.
Poor Santa didn't stand a chance...
Then later that evening, Ella made us a delicious home cooked meal and introduced the girls to olive fingers.
All while clad in their brand new slippers...
Thank you Ella!
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