breakfast with santa

We opted for a new breakfast with Santa this year. We usually head to the aquarium, but gave the Hard Rock Cafe a try this season. It seemed a bit more mature, at least from the advertisements.

There were still lots of little kids there and since it was their first attempt the event wasn’t super crowded. Annabelle was a little weary, or perhaps it was just visiting Santa for a 10 year old. Gwyneth was as giddy as ever.

Santa and Mrs. Claus stopped by our table before story time.

Our table was upstairs but we had a great view of story time from the balcony. The girls headed downstairs, but B and I took in the views from above.

I love that these girls humored me and sat on Santa’s lap.

Annabelle asked for a laptop. Gwyneth asked for money. Oh my! When asked how much money, she replied “it doesn’t matter. I just like to save”. What a character.

It was really quite cold this morning, a stark contrast to our previous adventure downtown. The carousel was right outside the restaurant entrance and they gave us a hand full of passes when we left.

Looking a little chilly on their ride.

Those faces had me cracking up

A pretty, but cold Colorado morning.

We made our way down South and filled our commute with many stops meetings friends and having lots of fun along the way. We were able to meet Don and Lisa at Parkway for a quick snack.(the food wasn’t fab at the Hard Rock Cafe and everyone was a bit hungry. Let’s be honest though, we are high maintenance when it comes to buffets.)

Don is the photographer but I never seem to get any pictures of the adults when we are together. It was so great to see the Hales’ before the holidays and of course we managed to make a little plan for Lisa’s birthday which is in just a few short weeks. I can hardly wait!

Next stop was the Boondocks in Parker. We met up with Gus’ crew and the kids bowled and played games while the adults had a brew and caught up.

We finally arrived in Highlands Ranch to celebrate Christmas with the Meyer family. B’s sister, Jen hosted and the kids were all happy to be together. We had dinner and opened gifts and had a lovely time.