It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas...

As a family, we attended a local Christmas party today held for families of employees who work at our local psychiatric center. Now, neither Dean nor I work here, but my mother has been playing Mrs. Claus at the party for several years and she was given permission to invite her grandchildren. Last year, the guy who usually played Santa for this party was unavailable, so Dean volunteered. The party organizers were so impressed with his performance last year that they asked him again this year and will probably ask him from now on! I agree, he makes the best Santa!! He has always been a kid magnet (what with being a large kid himself, I guess it comes naturally to him!) and rarely has a problem getting a shy kid out of his/her shell! Anyway, here are some shots from today. At the risk of being crude, I just HAD to inlcude this one!



All dressed up and ready to go to the party!

The girls pose in one of several decorated mini-houses used not only for play, but for decor as well. The party was held in the gymnasium of the children's unit.

Here, the girls sing Chrtistmas karaoke with Mrs. C (my mom).

Here's a cute shot of the girls after getting their faces painted. This was also after they finished eating some blue cotton candy! Yummy!

The C's and the girls!

After the party(and the local parade in town), my mom came back to our house and I posed them in front of our tree. How many kids get to boast that their grandmother is Mrs. Claus?? She looks forward to Christmas every year so she can volunteer for parties and for the parade. There aren't many people who dress up as Mrs. C, but if there were, I'm absolutely positive she'd be the best one there is! We have to remind the girls to call her Mrs. Claus and not Meema!