First and most importantly Santa came to visit the Birkhead/Ward children and their family and friends while we visited Grandma ("Gra") and Grandpa ("PePaw") out in California!
Here is Santa making his big entrance.

This is what the other side of the room looked like.
Michael was pretty excited as you can see...
Everybody got to sit and talk to Santa and he brought each of them a special present.
Sawyer looks a little starstruck
Aiden Bennet was a bit shy...so much so that he forgot to ask what flying reindeer eat (Santa was ready with an answer though!)
Here is Kelsey getting a good laugh with Santa
Drew Bennet took a bit to warm up to the idea, but got in some lap time.
Cousins Jack and Sam Rosen were a bit more suspicious of Santa...that voice seemed a bit familiar. Here is Sam giving Santa the "sideways-eye".
Finally Michael got to visit with Santa and get his present... a stuffed baby jaguar. He was more interested than any of the other kids in having a conversation with Santa too. He probably wanted to give some hints on how to improve his "Ho, Ho, Ho" laugh.
At last Santa had to head back to the North Pole to finish getting ready for Christmas (and a well deserved glass of wine!). Thank you "Santa"!!!
For the rest of the visit, Michael would just get up and run to the front door, open it, then say, "No...no Santa here" and close the door.
The next morning Michael helped everyone open all their presents.
Of course the biggest "score" was PePaw who got a new iPad! Just look at the surprise on that face!
-R