santa!

We had two kiddos ecstatic to see Santa.  Last night, we watched the video from their visit last year to get them excited and hopefully ward off any jitters about seeing the guy in the red suit.  It seemed to work...until it was time to actually sit on his lap.

We arrived right at our appointment time and both The Mayor and Love Bug were so happy to see Santa. We had been practicing all morning what The Mayor was going to ask for from Santa and he started asking before we even got up to him.  While he was asking for "Flynn the Fire Engine" (the newest in the Thomas the Train line) Love Bug was clawing my back in terror as I attempted to put her in Santa's lap.  She cried and The Mayor just looked at Santa in awe.  The photographer had to work a bit to get a good picture...you know, one where Love Bug wasn't screaming in terror and The Mayor was actually looking at the camera.  For whatever reason, our social boy gets very shy around Santa...he did it last year as well.  The Mayor kept covering his face.  But he finally put his hands down and Love Bug only quietly sobbed and this picture was captured:

Once our time was with Santa was up, the kids hopped down and Love Bug turned and said "Bye Santa!!" and blew him a kiss.  We just laughed.  She was screaming in terror one minute and blowing his kisses the next.

We walked around for a bit and took some pictures in front of the tree before heading to lunch.  The weather is ridiculously nice this week so we went to an outdoor mall so the kids could walk around.  We loved having D with us in the middle of a work day.

Apparently The Mayor hasn't grasped the concept of asking Santa for a gift and waiting until Christmas to see if Santa brings it.  He thinks since he saw Santa and asked for the gift, the gift should now be in his possession.  He has asked no less than 3 dozen times where Flynn the Fire Engine is.  He went down for his nap in tears because I told him he had to wait until Christmas...he said "no, I don't wait until Christmas...I saw Santa".

Going to be a long 11 days until Christmas.

(the kids have candy cane all over their faces)