Cade's Visit to Santa...

...where we didn't actually meet Santa. The Heine's always know about fun and exciting things to do in KC and clued us in on how fun it is to go to Crown Center to see Santa! We joined them for a LONG line into the play place. Cade was definitely wearing down by the end of the line.

But once we got inside...he was good to go! He loved running around and playing on the slides and with the funny mirrors.



However, this was the only Santa we had an up-close encounter with. Not because Cade was afraid...but because he refused to get back in the line for Santa after playing in the play area. Yep, there was the huge line, then the play area, then ANOTHER line (significantly shorter but Cade still wasn't having it) to meet Santa. I was completely worn down from fighting Cade in the first line so I was content to let him just keep playing and then be done. Without officially meeting Santa. So any other day besides when Santa's around, I'm sure you can just walk in and play at Crayola Land. We'll have to just try that next time!

Even though we didn't meet Santa, we still had a great time walking around Crown Center and enjoyed our first trip to Fritz's!

It's a train-themed restaurant where the train brings you your food! And you get this super-cool train conductor hat!

While Cade did not really enjoy wearing the hat, he did like watching the trains move on the tracks at the restaurant delivering food to people. And any restaurant that serves hotdogs and fries is fine by him!


All in all, we really enjoyed the outing and appreciate the Heine's, yet again, helping us take advantage of all that there is to do in KC!