Breakfast With Santa & Mrs. Claus

Before I started doing all these blog posts, I had gone back through my photos and made a list with dates and titles. Somehow this post got marked off when I had not done it, hence it is out of order. Oh well.

While driving to work back in November I passed an Applebees, their sign out front read Breakfast With Santa. I sent my daughter a text message and asked her to check into it. It would be my treat for her, my two grand children and myself, also her husband if he wanted to come. Justin didn't join us that day.

My grandson while waiting for our breakfast.

The mascot for the Jacksonville Giants basketball team. We have a basketball team? This is news to me.

Patricia waiting for breakfast.

While everyone was eating Santa and Mrs. Claus arrived. Everyone got to sit on Santa's lap and tell him what they wanted and then every child got to pick a toy out of a bin. Aj was having no part of Santa and the holiday spirit.

There was also face painting and Savannah wanted her face painted. She opted for a pink snowman, and was very patient while they painted her.

The finished snowman.

We will do this again in 2017 but will arrive a little earlier. For the price the children each got a goodie bag, the adults got treats and free beer coupons and I won a $30 gift card to a Mexican restaurant.

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