So we set off for Fritz’s restaurant at Crown Center. Your food comes to you via a little train! So cool! But once we got there, it was clear we would have to change our plans if Daddy was going to get to work. The line was at least a 45-minute wait (I’m a little annoyed as I write this, as I just discovered Aron deleted my precious pix of the HUGE line at Fritz’s).
We forgot it was the first day of Christmas break and that every good parent had taken the day off to take their kid to Fritz’s, not to mention all the tourists and out-of-town visitors. (Yes, smart-alleck people NOT from KC … we have tourists!!!).
Okay, so on to Plan B. I had Aron run up to see if Crayola Café had a line. He came back down and said no line. So we ate there … yummy! The kids didn’t whine, and I promised them we’d come back to Fritz’s in 2009. Here’s a pic, with the building where I used to work in the background (ah, soul-sucking Fleishman-Hillard Public Relations). That lady needs to get out of my shot.
Then on to see Santa and play leisurely at CrayolaLand (a big play area made up of huge plastic and rubber crayons).
No dice.
The line for THAT was about an hour or so, and the kids would only get ONCE around the obstacle course of CrayolaLand.
My kids are awesome. I told them anyone standing in that line was insane and they could play on the escalators instead and that we’d go see Santa at the mall close to our house sometime before Christmas. Then Aron bought us Sheridan’s, and we were good to go. Have you ever had a Sheridan’s mocha wowiechino??? Heaven.
Once home, Aron went to work and I took Joel to Ellen’s to play with her kids since he was dying for some social time. Later I hit the Red Box ALONE and got 5 movies and went to the grocery store for a few things. I forgot I could walk so fast through a store!
We usually go see Santa in early December. Last year we waited until Eva was born to go. This year lethargy set in. What can I say? We discovered the pool, Aron had to work a lot, we did lots of other fun things.
When do/did you go see Santa? Where? Gimme a link back to your blog in the Comments section if you have a photo or post to share.
We did the same thing, but the Sunday after Thanksgiving. We saw Santa first and got there before it opened and still had to wait 30 minutes, then we went to Fritz. The line wasn't too long. I have pictures on my blog. We use Crayola Cafe as our fallback also. Although we prefer Fritz.
ReplyDeleteThere's such a thing as a mocha wowiechino? How many wowiechinios had the marketing people had when they came up with that name?
ReplyDeleteI have forgotten how fast I am capable of walking...time to get out for an errands run sans kids.