Santa Claus is Comin' to Town!

After getting to the mall first thing in the morning (to beat the crowds) this past weekend only to see that Santa does not make an appearance until noon (slacker) we were feeling discouraged. It is an event for our family to get somewhere and not have someone be asleep or have food/milk/spitup on them.

We got lucky on our trip to the mall today. We sashayed up to Santa's place, and I'm not sure if he had just opened up after his dinner break - but there was NO LINE! Santa and the staff walked over to us and greeted us while we were taking jackets off. They were genuinely excited to see us like they had been sitting around bored waiting for kids to come along.

Santa grabbed Ethan from Troy, and he looked a little concerned, but warmed up right away. Santa won him over pretty quickly with his "Ho-ho-ho's" and a candy cane. As we were getting ready to depart a long line was forming - what good timing/fortune we had today.

It was a great visit, and on the car ride home Ethan asked, "Go see Santa 'gain?". Seems like Santa is a big hit this year and Christmas is already awesome for me because of his enthusiasm and wonder.

Santa: "What would you like for Christmas, Ethan?"

Ethan: (timidly) "Toys." pauses and thinks for a moment looking around

Ethan: (emphatically) "TWO toys!"