The Walnut Room

Uncle Mark, Katelyn, and Dad

Grammie, Katelyn and Oma

The crew standing in front of the tree in  the Walnut Room!

Family Picture

Katelyn in her snowsuit.....not to happy!

The Girls

My mom wanted to start a new tradition with Katelyn around Christmas and take her to the Walnut Room, let her pick out an ornament, and visit Santa. So we decided to go last Thursday. Grammie, Oma, Matt, Katelyn, and I headed down to the city around 11. We walked around the Kris Kringle Market. It was very packed and hard to push a stroller around the market, so after 15 mins. we decided to head over to Macy's. When we arrived in Macy's we went and got our pager, the wait was only a half hour. During the wait we went ornament shopping. Katelyn picked out (really mom picked them out) two ornaments. We were then met by Uncle Mark,  and we headed to the Walnut Room to eat. It was decorated so festive for Christmas! We had a really delicious lunch and got dessert. The Frango Mint pie was YUMMY!!! After lunch we headed downstairs to take a picture with Santa. There was no line and it was like a Disney ride to get to see Santa. We walked through his workshop and then found him at the end. The pictures did not turn out too great, but Katelyn's  first visit to Santa was a success. We can not wait to keep this tradition going every year!