a office christmas party and santa encounter...

this past saturday we went to alan's workplace family christmas party. since his plant has endured many layoffs in 2008 it was decided to forgo the adult formal party and do a family, mid-day one instead. it was two hours of entertainment and presents for children, and a very kind gesture.

the party included a local clown named Gimbo and of course Santa & his elf.

Gimbo's entertainment truly amazed wilhelm & he enjoyed the juggling, the comedy and the balloon figures that the clown produced.the clown made wilhelm his very own orange, wiener dog. it lasted for a whole 20 minutes before he managed to pop it. it was replaced with an orange sword.

wilhelm's santa experience went totally different than the clown experience.
prior to arriving at the party our son was LOTS of talk. he kept repeating SANTA CLAUS and seemed quite excited about meeting the jolly guy. the picture explains it all!
to his defense, he was two hours tardy for his nap and the pair posing as the old st.nick & his elf were a little creepy. regardless, we love this picture that captures just how hard everyone was working to get his attention, including the camera guy with his squeaky ball.

once on the other side of the room wilhelm had recaptured his interest in santa. thankfully, it is now all a forgotten memory to him.