Santa! We LoveHim! (and Bass Pro Shop too)

Tonight we did one of our new Christmas traditions....we went to Bass Pro Shop to see Santa! Now we have already seen Santa once, and we will see him again before Christmas but this place is awesome!  They decorate it up so beautiful.  We go to the store sometimes just for fun because my kids love it anyways.  This place has the whole Santa thing down though.  You come.  You get a time to get in line.  You walk around the winter wonderland and the store.  You come line up at your time.  You get to see Santa and get a FREE picture! 

This year was extra special because they even had a merry-go-round. It was FREE!  It's sort of like the one at the zoo with polar bears, moose, and reindeer on it. 

 

My kids were all about it.  That was the first thing we did.

 

After that, Gracie wanted to make a craft.  Every week the store has a different little Christmas craft that the kids can make for FREE!  Tonight Gracie made a popsicle stick snowman.

 

The have the neatest little winter wonderland to explore while you wait.  You can drive a train.

 

You can try out some 4-wheelers.

 

You can try shooting with Red Rider BB gun.   Don't worry, no one shot their eye out!

 

Not even Grandma!

 

You can also shoot ducks with a bow and arrow thing.

 

Daddy helped with this one.

 

Presley was totally all about that.  It's like his Hawkeye dream come true!

 

We tried getting a nice little holiday picture.

 

It did turn out pretty nice except for the weird glow the lights did with my hair.  I told you it was pretty there.

 

We petted the magical talking reindeer.

 

We also went and checked out the fish.

 

We've been coming here since these kiddos were babies. I have the same picture of them looking at these fish in their stroller.

 

We rode up the elevator to check out the tents.

 

There really weren't any tents upstairs like there usually are but they did have some cots.

 

And some fun chairs.

 

And some more 4-wheelers.

 

And some cute, cuddly moments.

 

Finally it was our time to go to see Santa.  I couldn't beleive that Presley actually wanted to sit on Santa's lap!  No one cried either.  My babies are getting so big. They each even told Santa what they wanted for Christmas.  Gracie said she wanted a Barbie Princess castle.  Presley said he wanted a bow and arrow.  And Evie said she wanted a Dora dollhouse and a Lalaloopsy.  

 

And of course we had to take our family picture with the big guy too!  

A great evening out.  If you have never been to Bass Pro Shop to see Santa, I highly recommend you go.  It is so magical and fun for the little ones.  This will be on our list every year!