Cathers Crew: Meeting Santa

So we don't go every year to meet Santa because it is just not something that I have found fun...standing in line for hours with kids who are just going to cry once they get on the lap of the old creepy man. Well this week my sister in law invited us to come along with them to meet Santa at Somerset but the catch was we had to be there at 745am! I was really not sure Isabells ear infection had been back and I had a ton of stuff to do but the kids really wanted to go and I wanted to at least see what the Somerset Santa was all about. So at 630am I woke the kids up gave showers and out the door we went. We got there and my sister in law was already in line and once we got to the front desk our time was 904am...an hour to kill. Well since we have never been to Somerset we decided to let the kids go up and down the glass elevator and ride the escalators. One hour later we were called up to the castle as follows..Princess Lauren..Princess Jordan..Princess Mariana..Prince Salvatore and Princess Isabell! We walked into the castle and there was Santa and his helpers surrounded by beautiful Christmas decor! We took some pictures and he asked each child what they wanted...NO tears! Once we said our goodbyes we were escorted to a treasure chest full of coins (Sammy was beside himself) and each child picked three coins! We then spent the next 2 hours going to a list of stores to pick our prizes! Jordan: a bouncy ball that lights up, a microphone and a Lego guy..Mariana: two chocolate coins, a Lego guy and a bouncy call..Sammy: a Lego guy, two chocolate coins and a glow stick...Isabell: a crown, a glow stick and a microphone! They had a blast running back and forth from each store and through the North and South buildings (Sammy especially loved the sky walk which he called the road bridge lol). It was a really fun morning and I think we have found our new Santa tradition. Even better was the time we got to spend with family!