Visiting Santa

 

Tonight we did our annual trip to the mall to see Santa at the mall. It was one of the easiest times we had had yet. The kids seemed to be excited and looking forward to the outing. Collin shed a few tears wanting to wear his suit he had last year which he refers to as his tuxedo. I explained to him his dress shoes and suit are both  two sizes too small this year.  He settled for the plaid shirt I had laid out for him.

We did our usual tradition of listening to Christmas music on the drive to the mall. But this was the very first year we have had snow flurries on the way to see Santa. While it melted as soon as it hit the ground it was still kinda neat. 

The mall wasn't busy at all as we arrived an hour before closing. We walked right up to see Santa and the kids did a great job. While Hudson didn't cry he was scared and refused to sit on Santa's lap but he allowed Macy to hold him for the picture. Hudson wouldn't talk to Santa but just said Yes when Santa asked he he wanted him to bring him toys. Collin wasn't afraid and told Santa exactly what he'd like for him to bring.

 We were in and out of the mall within 30 minutes and we headed to dinner. The kids cheered when we said we were going to Macaroni Grille. Dinner was very good but Macy started feeling bad . She didn't eat her dinner at all. I had the waitress box it up and Macy sat there feeling sick to her stomach with a headache too.  What a good evening! I joked with Logan that when he goes off to college we will have to all meet up at the closet mall each year for our picture. I am lucky the older ones are such good sports and humoring me to still go see Santa. The photo with Santa was just my snapshot ,we bought a much better one for our photo book.

 

Brian and I had a couples Christmas dinner to attend on Saturday night here we were in front of the restaurant Christmas tree. Next event the kids are looking forward to is our Gingerbread houses. They are all excited this is the last week of school before Christmas break. Yippee!