Caleb and Eli rode the train from Olympia to Seattle to kick off our annual Seattle Christmas trip on Thursday. We stayed at The Roosevelt. The hotel was very conveniently located...close to Nordstrom for the Santa pics, close to Gameworks and close to the TapHouse (a favorite place to eat meals). The boys stayed the night with Nana, Papa, Wings, Russ and Eric the first night. Aaron and Stefanie joined them on Friday early afternoon and then Kevin and I arrived on Friday for dinner. After dinner, the boys were OUT!
The next morning, Kevin set out to stand in line for pictures with Santa at Nordstrom at 8:30. It was a several hour wait but we were inside the entire time. What a blessing since the temperatures were in the 20's. BRRRRR!!! In the end the pictures turned out great...and we were surrounded with folks we love! Wings, Russ, Papa, Nana, Stefanie, Aaron and the boys spent some of the wait happily sipping Starbucks!
Sitting on Santa's lap. Caleb wants a 3DS, some games for it and a 'surprise". Eli would like a Monster Truck and a skunk!!! Not sure where the skunk idea came from...I almost hope Santa won't be able to deliver on that one! What a funny boy!
On Sunday morning, we bundled up for the Jingle Bell Run. The boys started out with small adult t-shirts but Wings remedied that problem after the race... and each came home with a shirt more their size! The boys ran the kids portion of the race "Running With the Elves".
They both ran most of the 1K race!
Bundled up and ready to run!
Uncle Wusty and Eli waiting for the race to begin.
Caleb decided that he should run with mommy because he was sure that daddy wouldn't be able to keep up! Hahaha! I loved it! Caleb has been running every day during his 15 minute recess at school. He is turning into quite a runner!
