Tea With Mrs. Claus

Our county's Parks and Rec department came up with the cutest idea for this holiday season: Tea With Mrs. Claus.

I could hardly wait until this afternoon to take Gracie to see Mrs. Claus. I dressed her in a super cute smocked green dress I found at a Goodwill. After several passes with the iron and the fixing of 3 buttons, she looked pretty as a picture!

The event was held in the Senior's Center of Edinburg School (same place we go for Tumble Tots-except its in the gym). There were about 5 kids to start out with, all about Gracie's age. As the hour long event went on more kids came in, and in the end there were about 10 maybe. This was the perfect amount for the 3 senior elves and Mrs. Claus to handle.

Mrs. Claus came a little late as Santa had asked her to feed the reindeer before she left. When she got settled she went around to each child and picked them up. I couldn't believe that Gracie let her. She gave her a super big hug and posed for the picture. This lady was super sweet and kind to the kids, so really I shouldn't have been shocked.

After hugs Mrs. Claus let each child pick a musical instrument and we sang and marched to Christmas songs. She also read stories and talked to the kids about Christmas. These little ones had a very small attention spans, but she handled it well.

Then it was time for snacks. The kids got cookies and cool aid, and a candy cane on the way out. Gracie had a great time and talked non stop about everything she had done on the ride home. Another wonderful Gracie Christmas memory made!