Santa does not live at the North Pole. If you had traveled the world,
giving presents to kids, where would you settle? Way up north? No
way, man. You'd kick it in Santa Cruz. That's right.
Santa Cruz. On the off season, you surf, maintain your weight
(plenty of boardwalk food for that) and maybe take roller coaster ride or too to
prep for the crazy reindeer. We have the photos to prove it!
This video is interesting. There is a guy in the Sunset who walks
around with a parrot on his shoulder. Of course, the parrot says; "Heellllllooooo"
and "I'm a bird!" Monica's friend from Australia sent Declan a couple
birds (can't remember their names right now). So Declan puts the bird on
his shoulder. He also does a little dance while daddy plays some piano.
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getting ready for santa
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sitting on daddy
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check out the snow man. that's right, out here our snow is kept in nice, clean plastic bags.
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picking out a christmas tree
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setting the tree base
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declan helping!
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line up those trains because you got a boat load of Thomas the Train comin' at ya!
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our card!
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put the ornament on, take it off, put it on, take it off (repeat)
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hard to tell whether he's putting it on or... well... you know the drill
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dash on the way!
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cleaing up - toga style!
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all our friends came to visit
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ready for snow, or rain
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going to see the reindeer at the zoo
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reading the 12 days
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remake of those old photos of me and dec on the couch...
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a boy's best friend - his stuffed dog
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heading to the santa claus train in santa cruz
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all aboooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaard
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ready for santa and candy canes
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mom and her boy - and dash too!
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joey and joe sr.
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the three little boys: olav, declan and joey
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declan: "that is a very interesting snack, olav, how bout i take that off your hands for a while?"
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almost got a peek-a-boo in unison
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this is the "peek" part of "peek-a-boo"
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joey!
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