On Tuesday night we had the base tree lighting ceremony at Shenanigans. The irony of this is that the main Christmas tree isn't at Shenanigans...so there was no "official" lighting of the tree, haha. They were worried about rain so they moved it to Shenanigans so we would have a roof over our heads.
The MWR had a lot of little activities set up for the kids, including cookie decorating (which Noah liked) and face painting (which Noah did not like, ha). Noah is not the biggest fan of having "things" on him, like stickers and paint, so the face painting was a no-go. However, he and Daddy had a great time decorating cookies, and an even greater time eating them!
Working hard on their cookie
You can tell how much frosting was on that cookie since Noah has some on his face but there is still a large amount left on the cookie!
The fun really started when Santa appeared...
Noah was not a fan...
but Mommy really wanted a picture of Noah with Santa (I know, it's slightly mean but the pictures are priceless! ;)
Once Santa gave Noah a present, he didn't seem like such a bad guy
But then Santa tried to get Noah to smile for Mommy...
and the good times were over!
Later, the preschoolers from the base daycare got on the stage and sang a few Christmas carols, which was really cute, especially since we know a few of them. After the program was over, Noah decided he wanted to sing on stage, too!
We might have a future rockstar on our hands because he did not want to let go of the microphone! However, the only thing he would sing into the microphone was "twinkle, twinkle". Literally, just that phrase! He wasn't singing the whole song (which he does know) he just kept repeating "twinkle, twinkle".
We must not have traumatized him too much because Noah did go back for another look at Santa before he left!
But the closest he would get to touching Santa was high-fiving Mrs. Claus (who Noah actually knows because she's one of the lifeguards at the pool).
We have a breakfast with Santa at our church tomorrow morning, so I'm hoping we might actually get a smile out of Noah while he's on Santa's lap. But I would be happy if he just willing sat there without crying :D
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