Kids Christmas Party

Wednesday, Dec 5th we went to a children's Christmas party held out at the base. This was the party that we helped fill party bags for the previous Saturday. Mrs. Claus was there at the start of the party and she helped start things off with a magic show. She had all kinds of cute tricks but when it came to the last one she needed a special helper to put a long string into a tube. She looked in to the group of kids watching and asked for a helper who had been sitting nicely. I asked Big Boy if he would like to help. When he told me "yes" I had him raise his hand and Mrs. Claus picked him to help! He was very proud and ready to help with more after his job was done. He's the littlest helper in the white shirt.

Boopy thought she should get to go up there too! Maybe next year.

After the magic show, we put our jackets back on and went outside to greet Santa Claus. He came riding in on a big yellow firetruck which Big Boy thought was really cool.

We followed Santa back inside and sat down for each kids name to be called. Santa had presents for everyone! Well, actually, Papa Vaughn had made sure to take in one for Big Boy and Boopy the day before the party. Darren really liked Santa. He gave him a big hug for his present and was all smiles for a picture. Boopy on the other hand was a little freaked out and clung to me crying the closer we got to Santa. Hopefully next year Santa won't be so frightening. What's funny though is that she likes pictures of Santa, stuffed Santas and all other Santa type things, just not a person dressed as Santa.

Once we got our presents from Santa, the kids got a goody bag that we had helped fill. We went back to the tables and started digging into our loot!

All in all a fun Christmas celebration!