Old friends!

I just got the notification that Mike D left a comment on Ciao's passing...seems it pays to have settings for such things, otherwise I would have missed it. So I start this week with a pleasant and totally unexpected surprise. Does it get any better than this! Mike, hope all is well with you and your family!

How we spent Grey Cup Sunday ...







Santa was a hit. He was a bit nervous, not ever having done this before, with kids.He practiced the evening before with the adults but the kids' were the true challenge. Santa made his grand entrance and walked through the tables where the kids and their families were enjoying pizza and mandarin oranges. You should have seen the faces light up, especially the ones who got to help Santa ring his jingle bells. It was truly a magically time, devoid of the hustle and bustle of commercialism. Some kids just ran up to see Santa, others hung back, a bit shy about this strange person. You could see who believed and who didn't, but in the end, it was smiles all around and that's what is important.

Side note...I can see this becoming an annual affair and possibility a future semi retirement position...as a mall Santa!

3 comments:

Heather and Jeff and baby Jonathan said...

Nice pics of Santa...too bad Dad missed him! maybe next year!

anyways...I thought that Mike might be interested in Chow since he was her first "daddy"...he is in England...but is coming back to Canada next year... I found his sister on facebook...and she let him know I was looking for him...he uses anther name on facebook...you would never know it was him...

anyways...i gotta get dressed for driving lessens soon...the high today is supposed to be -12...its -16 now...

i cant wait for summer!

Alberta said...

I think Santa is something like Poke-a-Roo...adults can't see him!

Anonymous said...

Wow, I'm related to Santa? ;-)