Pictures with Santa!

We were on top of it this year. We got the kids' picture w/ Santa early so that we could use them as our Christmas card. We've cut it very close on our visits previous years, waiting until a few days before Christmas.  Abby wasn't too thrilled about the whole situation. If you look closely you can see the tears welling up in her eyes.

Here Comes Santa Claus

We took Nick and Abby for photos w/ Santa over the weekend, and Nick was a kid on a mission. There was no way he was going to leave w/out letting the ol' fellow know what he wanted for Christmas. Surprisingly, he hasn't been all that stoked about writing a letter to Santa. He probably wanted to make sure the letter didn't get lost in the shuffle. He did really well, not shy at all about telling Santa what he wanted. You could tell he had it memorized. He rattled his list (of which included Super Why toys and a camera) and topped it off by saying he wanted a ride on the carousel. You could tell he was pretty pleased w/ himself. He was feeling so magnanimous that he allowed his little sister to be in the same photo with him. My favorite part was when he told us that the food court was the north pole and was a little confused when we told him it wasn't. We said that Santa makes special visits so that kids can tell him what they want. That seemed to satisfy him because he didn't argue after that.

Here are pictures w/ Santa from years past.

10mos

My favorite. 22mos

Last year, almost 3 years

This year... Abby, 2mos and Nick, 3 years old

Boys Day Out

So that I could get some rest, Scott and Nick had a boys day out on Saturday. Scott attempted on his own to take Nick to get a haircut. It did not go well. He was probably exaggerating, but he said there were 4 women holding down and distracting Nick. You'd have thought they were poking him w/ scissors instead of cutting his hair the way he howled. After that fiasco they headed over to the mall. Since there wasn't a long line for Santa, I gave Scott my blessing to get his picture taken w/out me there. Scott said he was smiling and all excited until it was time to actually go up to Santa. He dug in his heels. Fortunately, after a bit of coaxing(aka a lollipop), he climbed up on Santa's lap. He actually smiled in this picture, unlike last year's. I'll have to find last year's and post it. It's pretty hilarious how tortured he looked. After a visit to the candy store and the toy store, they had lunch at PF Chang's. Scott said he was just perfect there. They ended their outing by coming home, climbing in bed and happily sharing their adventures (and some of their candy) with me. I love my boys.