Visits with Santa

Aren't we lucky? Santa lives right down the street from us!
Every year the couple on the corner decorates their house within an inch of its life, then Santa comes out to greet all the visitors with a candy cane.

We walked down last night for the annual tradition. Santa was walking around the corner as we arrived and Jake screamed, "Hi, Santa!". He went right to him and posed for this picture. No fear! (Of course, the candy cane may have helped!).

Despite Jake's attire, we are not a part of the local militia. I guess camo gear has been all the fashion for the under 3 set this year.

Jake is looking so forward to Christmas. He loves opening his advent calendar each day (more candy canes!) and playing with the toy train that runs around the base of our tree. He is a big fan of cookie baking and decorating- although not so into the eating part. He prefers to make the cookies into a long choo choo train instead. - Marisa