Quite Possibly the Longest Post Ever

Tonight we went to Outdoor World/Bass Pro Shops to experience their Santa's Wonderland.

They offer a free 4x6 photo with Santa (can't beat free!) and activities for kids. Well, most of the activities are available on the weekends, but we still got to do some fun stuff as you will see.

Inside the store.

Santa's workshop and photog elves.

It's a wonderland!
Well, except for ...

the elf-ingesting workshop window.
Luckily his head is already swallowed so you can't hear him scream.

Even Frosty showed up.

They had trains.



Caralie meets Santa. She asked for a Dora umbrella.
Off to Wal-mart I go.

They had laser rifles (no shootin' yer eye out).



Daddy showed her the proper technique for dispatching small, vulnerable, fluffy creatures.

Caralie asked me if these were real reindeer. I didn't want to frighten her by telling her that Donner and Blitzen had indeed been shot and stuffed, so I said they were fake and that the real reindeer were still at the North Pole. You can tell by her face that my explanation sufficed.

The display above the entrance (ie: more dead fauna).

Me and a bear Caralie refused to get near. I think she was finally catching on that these animals were suspiciously real-looking, yet ... stiff ...

Chad and Caralie checking out the fish tank.

The residents.

I just loved the bench that looks like a fish.

The token skunk butt shot.
Your welcome.

Where did Chad go? That camouflage sure works!

Mountain man Chad with his trusty sidekick, Yogi.
Unfortunately, the autopsy scar is still visible.

After Outdoor World, we were hungry so we went to eat dinner at Logan's Roadhouse. For those of you who don't know, this is the place where they give you a bucket of peanuts and let you throw the shells on the floor. In other words, a four-year-old's dream come true.

Caralie is a peanut lover. She needed Daddy's help to shell them.

She ate her weight in peanuts and still had room for cinnamon apples and a corndog!

Caralie's favorite part of the ENTIRE evening was throwing peanut shells on the floor. Daddy offered to buy her a bag of peanuts for Christmas and let her throw them on the floor at home, but she declined. Guess she really wants that Dora umbrella ...