Christmas Party time!

Friday was the holiday party for Doug's work. We decided to go this year to get Mary excited about Santa. For days we've been promoting, "Santa NOT scary, bring presents". I thought this would be a good time to try it out and maybe we could get a good picture with Santa this year. It was so incredibly loud and crowded when we arrived. The party was hosted in the bowling alley, and there was free pizza, cookies and drinks. Yum.

Mary did not like waiting in line for Santa. Too many people and too loud. I had my hands full with a drink, my purse and camera, but all she wanted was to be held. I finally gave in until a wonderful angel named Karen (Doug works with her husband) came over and took her off my hands.She wouldn't smile.

Ok, that wasn't a success.

We had to go outside to calm down, take in a bit of fresh air and to open the present. Surprise! It was a stuffed dinosaur. She LOVES dinosaurs and she doesn't have one. How perfect. I asked her what she wanted to name him...Frank? No. Dino? No. What? She said, "Dinosaur." Well, that's appropriate. So Dinosaur it is.

Time to eat some yummy pizza. Merry Christmas!

In case you were wondering, Doug stayed at work late and we would have missed him had Mary not noticed the newly remodeled playground and decided she wanted to play. He found us on the swings, of course.