We went and visited Santa at the Bass Pro shop.   We made the special trip because Santa is free there!  I was very surprised that Micah wasn’t afraid of him.  He shyly told Santa he wanted an Eeyore cake.  Micah spent the entire month of December telling everyone that he wanted Santa to bring him an Eeyore cake.  He was very consistent!  Where he came up with the idea, we’ll never know, but he was sure that was what he wanted.  When asked if there was anything else, he would say popcorn.  I guess my boy is easy to please!

We built gingerbread houses at the church family night.  Micah may have eaten more than he decorated!

We also took a trip for a special family meal together.  Mommy “cashed” in some bonuspoints and got a gift certificate to The Rainforest Cafe.  We also had a nifty coupon, so it was a fairly cheap meal!  Micah enjoyed seeing the elephants try to get Daddy.  Before we were seated by the elephants, we were by the cheetah.  It made Micah very nervous and was not a very interesting part of the place, so we were moved right in front of the elephants!  There’s not a better spot in the place!

We left our goodies out for Santa…he is fond of Sunkist and snickerdoodles or fudge.

(Pardon my exhausted look, but I was, well, exhausted!)  Soon, Micah was in bed and trying to fall asleep so Santa could come.  And, this is what was waiting when Micah got up the next morning…

The Eeyore cake

Micah and Heidi’s presents

And, the stockings!  (one of Mommy’s favorite things)

Unfortunately, I don’t have pictures of Micah opening his packages because I captured that fun on the video camera.  Take my word for it…he had so much fun!  We had Eeyore cake (for breakfast!), and then we packed up and headed to Arkansas.  I will have to do another post on our family visits.