Every year our county throws a pancake breakfast for all the foster and adoptive families in the county. This was our third year going. The first year I worked the silent auction with the foster parents’ group. Jessie was one and crawled all over and had many people carry her around.
Daddy came with us to last year’s Breakfast With Santa. We ate pancakes and Jessie did all the crafts. When we went to take a picture with Santa, Jessie was not excited. Giggles was five months and was an angel on Santa’s lap. For the family picture Daddy and I stood behind Santa, Giggles sat on Santa’s lap, and I held a hysterical Jessie.
This year started out a lot the same. We ate pancakes, sausage, and bacon. Jessie watched raptly as children sang Karaoke. Jessie went up to the Karaoke area a number of times because it was so cool and interesting. The gal running Karaoke gave Jessie a microphone so she could sing too. Jessie “sang” by kind of moaning into the mic. I got it on video.
Every child got a raffle ticket and tickets were drawn throughout the event. Jessie was enterprising and didn’t wait for our number to be called. She walked up to the table, scouted the stuffed bears, and took the biggest one. I tried to get her to give it back but the worker told me to let her have it.
Baby E is four months and she took great pictures with Santa. Jessie wouldn’t get within two feet of him, so no family picture this year.
When we left each child got a stocking filled with neat things. Mommy got a Walmart gift card for each child. The girls got to each pick out a stuffed animal.
I can’t wait for next year.