Santa & Candy Canes

This past saturday, my brother and his wife came to town, so we headed out! We went to visit santa, and saw the line and decided not to visit santa at that spot. But we did wander around and take some fun photos of the girls by some gorgeous water fountains while waiting to go on a carriage ride.

Eric & Jill and Britt & Brett didn't hang out for the carriage ride. Can't say I blame them, but the girls REALLY wanted to go, so we waited around! It was fun and the girls thought it was awesome so it was totally worth it.



Then we headed over to yummy micky-D's. Santa was there and there was no line!:)  Okay, so we're a little cheesy and it would have been way nicer to visit santa at the first spot. But seriously, a santa, is a santa right? The kids didn't care, why should I? Plus, at McDonalds, they gave us cookies!:)

Also, I like how the "elf" is posing for me.



That night after everyone had left, and the kids were all tucked in bed, Kevin and I headed upstairs to watch a movie. Later that evening when he checked his phone, one of his YM had texted him. He said he liked our christmas decorations and wanted to know where we got them.

Weird, we didn't do any christmas decorations!

Then the lightbulb went off and Kevin ran outside.

They got us good.



There were candy canes EVERYWHERE.



On our cars,



the sidewalk, in fun heart shapes too:)



They even stuck them in the holes between some of the bricks, clever kids.



It was a festive suprise and the girls LOVED it when they woke up in the morning.



We now have just a few extra candy canes at our house.





I don't really need that many at my house, so they're on the porch, in a pretty bucket, ready for the taking by anyone craving a candy cane. So, if you REALLY want one, (heck, even if you just kinda-sorta think you might want one next week), you know where to get it!:)