OC Christmas Breakfast

It's time once again for the annual OC Christmas Breakfast/Pictures with Santa. I think this was our best year ever for the Santa experience. No tears, no leaning away from Santa while eying him warily. Both kids were happy to sit in Santa's lap and tell him what they wanted for Christmas.

After the Santa pics, we did the obligatory family picture on the stage of the auditorium. This year's theme was penguins, and some crafty people in our church decided to make an igloo out of milk cartons!

We bribed asked the kids to stand in front of the Christmas tree for a sibling picture.

Kaitlyn saw her good friend, Kate. She's a church friend and a school friend!

Then it was time for crafts. Thankfully this year's project was easier than the one last year. But Ethan is still taking notes from big sister :)

It takes a village to make a penguin ornament. And even then, the string will fall off as soon as you hang it on your tree. Sigh.