Santa Breakfast at the YMCA

In early November I tried to get into the McMennamin's Santa breakfast at one of the 5 McMennamins locations that were doing them around the Portland area and they were all sold out.  I found out that our local YMCA which we are members of was having a Santa breakfast and the tickets for the family was only $20.  It sounded like fun and was not expensive so I jumped on it!  We ended up going to the breakfast at around 9:30 AM.  It was not very crowded which was nice and the kids were able to walk up to Santa.  Santa was very loud and friendly and talked to both kids for a while.  I got some cute pictures including a cute family picture of all of us with Santa.  Santa gave the kids some little toys.  Then we got to eat some yummy pancakes, sausage, and bacon.  It was a great way to start the day!

Brandon and Olivia with Santa

So cute in their matching plaids! 

Olivia talking to Santa 

What can I say-he was animated!

Family shot with Santa at the breakfast

 After the Santa breakfast, Brandon had a basketball game at the YMCA and Olivia had a make up gymnastics class.  Then we headed to our good friend the Mowery's house for their youngest Luke's 2nd birthday at their house.  After the party, we had decided that this year the kids were old enough to pick out gifts for each other and to help Mommy and Daddy pick out gifts for each other.  Sean took Olivia out to the mall and Toys R Us to go shopping for Mommy and Brandon and then they got dinner.  Brandon and I went to Wal-Mart and Target and then we went out to dinner.  It was really fun having some one-on-one time with Brandon.  He took his time looking for a present for Olivia and finally settled on a fun Barbie swim Dolphin set and a Pooping Kitty!  We found both items cheaper on Amazon Prime so just ordered from there.  We found Sean a nice silver Apple Watch band and then ended up ordering bluetooth headsets for him on Amazon Prime as well.  After we finished shopping, Brandon and I went to the Vietnamese restaurant nearby and had really good Pho.  We brought home ice-cream from Baskin Robbins to share with Sean and Olivia.  It was a really fun evening and a tradition we will do for years to come.

Brandon enjoying some Pho with me after our shopping