In other news, Santa and Mrs. Claus were in Minnesota yesterday, and we got to have breakfast with them. Santa and Mrs. Claus dine at Macy's Lakeshore Grill at Southdale Mall when they are in town, where the staff has the whole operation down to a science. When you arrive, you are taken to your very own table, pre-set with some tide-you-over-until-the-buffet fruit and bowl-pack cereal for the children in your party. You are set upon by an elf who will make your children a balloon animal or reindeer antlers as a distraction until Santa arrives. You can also visit an elf who paints faces--red noses for little ones and snowflakes for big kids. The buffet opens at 9am sharp, which is the same time that Santa and Mrs. Claus arrive. They visit each table--Mrs. Claus serving as a kind of traffic control help meet--where Santa chats with each child for a bit and poses for a picture. On your way out, your children get to collect a small stuffed animal brought for them by Santa which makes the magic linger for the car ride home.
It was pretty great, Fans. The bambini were a little star struck at the big guy and his sidekick. Clara was so star struck that she spent most of Santa's table-side visit in Ted's lap. Joe wondered what color Mrs. Claus would be. He speculated yellow. As it turned out, she was the same color as Santa--which is to say not yellow. Joe told Santa that he was hoping for a new sled, and Cars (the movie). Clara said that she wanted a baby doll. We took pictures of their respective lists, which we mailed on our way home.
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