Today was a really fun day, even though it was rainy and cold. Daddy had the day off, so he came to watch my swimming lesson. After that, we all went to Pizza Sam's to meet my friends, Allie and Haley, and their moms for lunch. After lunch, we walked around downtown a little bit, looking in some of the store windows. We even got to go into the bakery and get a cookie. We walked down past the courthouse and looked at all the decorations. And then we went to the Santa House. It wasn't open yet, so we played around in the pretend igloo that was outside and peeked in through the windows to see all the fun stuff inside. We went across the street to my church and went inside for a little bit to get warm. I showed my friends my school classroom and the pictures on the windows that the senior high youth group painted. We left the church and went back outside and got back to the Santa House just as the clock was ringing 1:30. It was time for it to be open! We went inside and Santa was there waiting for us. He said "Ho, ho, ho! Welcome to my house!" While my friends were taking their turns sitting on Santa's lap and talking to him, I went around and looked at all the really neat things in the house. I got my picture taken in a sleigh. I got my picture taken standing next to a big stuffed reindeer. There was a great big huge nutcracker there, and he really worked. I got my picture taken next to him, too. When it was finally my turn, I ran right up to Santa and sat on his lap. I talked to him for a little bit and we posed for a picture. Then he gave me a handful of candy. I wanted it to snow, and he was going to try and make it snow on Mommy and Daddy, but the snow machine wasn't working. :( I was kind of disappointed, but it was ok. We spent some more time looking at all of the things there were to see. My friends and I all sat in the sleigh together for more pictures. We found some jingle bells to play with. We played at the train table. When we had seen everything there was to see, it was time to go home. We made one more trip through the igloo and then walked back to our cars. I said goodbye to my friends and came home for a nap. It was a very busy day!