Sunday, December 28, 2008

Breakfast with Santa at Miss Mable's Tea Room





I had heard about eating breakfast with Santa at the First United Methodist Church early on in the season. I was planning on taking Cooper there until someone said that Miss Mabel's Tea Room was doing the same thing. Cameron and I decided to take Cooper to Miss Mabel's because there would not be as much of a crowd, and it would be more personal attention with Cooper and Santa. When we called for reservations, they asked me what Cooper was interested in. I told them he attended Kindermusik and he loved to make music. They made sure Cooper had a gift to unwrap from Santa, and it was bells to ring.
For breakfast, we had reindeer pancakes with two scoops of vanilla ice cream on top. They even drizzled chocolate syrup on top. Cooper did a fantastic time clearing his plate. He truly enjoyed this experience except for seeing the Grinch. The Grinch walked in behind Santa to greet the children. Cooper just leaped into my lap and was terrified. Mrs. Claus had to ask the Grinch to leave and never to come back in order for Cooper to sit back in his seat to enjoy the rest of his breakfast. That did calm Cooper down, but his eyes kept cutting toward the door to make sure the Grinch did not come back in.