Santa's Wonderland

For Christmas Eve Eve we decided to do something special with the girls. It took us quite awhile to figure out what to do but after a wonderful review that I received from a friend we decided to head out to College Station to go to Santa's Wonderland. If you haven't been there you should! The drive took us about an hour. We got there and since we had bought our tickets online we didn't have to wait very long. We entered and immediately there was snow falling. Of course it wasn't real but it looked pretty realistic while falling and you could see it sitting on you:

As you turned around there was a lot to take in. First I saw this:

And then I saw what I was looking for to do first:

We headed in and only had to wait for a moment to see Santa. And while for a moment Reagan was "just a little bit scared" as she explains it and Abby was again excited to see Santa but didn't want to sit with him, I was pretty impressed with the picture we got.

He was a fantastic Santa. I'd rather come back here and see him every year then go to the mall. He was very sweet and took the time to talk to Reagan and even asked her what Abby would like. Abby did manage to say "Bye Bye Santa" when we were leaving.

Next as instructed we headed over to the hayride. We didn't have to wait but a few minutes and were able to get on. It was amazing and I know that none of the pictures I'm about to post can do it justice.

There was a nativity scene in the lights as well and when we pulled away from it Abby turned around and said "Bye Bye Jesus".

After the hayride we headed out to find food. That may be my only complaint of the night was how long it took to get the food but as usual we just chose the wrong line to be in. I got the girls food first and was able to find a spot to sit down with the girls and they ate and we were able to watch parts of movies on the huge screen they had set up and listen to live music. After we finally got our food and quickly ate we headed to walk around and check things out. Since the food took so long we decided to skip the petting zoo and pony rides, and just to head back to the front to walk around and to pick up our cd of Santa pics. The girls wanted to get on the Texas stage so we did:

After that we checked out the little shops and hung out listening to the live band while the girls danced around. After one of the little girls, ahem Reagan, couldn't seem to contain herself in dancing where we asked and not in large circles around us we decided to head home.

We had a wonderful time and hope to be able to make it out again next year.