Category: Photo

Before it gets too far from the holidays, Mommy wanted to add this entry.

We spent New Years at Gaylord National Harbor because they have the annual ICE show. The ice characters were carved by workers from China and the color of the ice is amazing.

They had special blue coats we had to wear and we wore our own winter coats UNDERNEATH the blue coats, so you can imagine how cold it was. It got so cold in fact, that I had stopped talking. Imagine Mommy’s surprise when I stopped talking. We had to make a quit exit out to warm me up.

A view from our hotel room of the beautifully-decorated atrium.

The next morning, we had brunch Shrek-style!

We were welcomed with green juice and Shrek ears. Here are greenish Shrek waffles which were delicious.

They even had a green chocolate fountain!

I also met Puss in Boots and Fiona! No brunch can beat this one!

During one of our wanderings through Tysons II, I met Santa Claus for the first time. I didn’t meet him in the conventional way by standing in line to take a photo with him.

Here’s how it went down:
– I saw Santa from far away and walked towards him, dragging Mommy and Daddy in the process.
– I wanted to jump into the photo area to meet Santa, but Mommy told me I couldn’t because it’s for people taking photos. Mind you, Santa didn’t have any customers at this time.
– Santa saw me, reached into his toy bag and actually got up from his seat and walked over to me.

– Santa handed me a reindeer stuffed toy. I couldn’t be happier!
– Mommy then asked Santa if I could sit on his lap to see if I would be scared as most kids are. Santa said, “Yes.”
– I sat on his lap and didn’t even flinch. Mommy had an inkling I would be okay with it considering how much I loved the Disney characters.
– My dear Daddy took photos from afar so as to not take advantage of Santa’s graciousness.