It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!

Imagine my surprise when today my darling duo slept in until...wait for it...10:15 am! Plus, it was only because my husband so rudely woke us up that we got up at that time. I have to tell you that it was pure heaven. Sleep, I have missed you so. Anyway, I figured that this was a good omen--it must mean that today is the day to go see Santa!

One bruised eye (mine) and a bloody lip later (Jason's), and I still wasn't deterred. I just figured that they needed a short little nap as a pick me up. You know, because sleep makes everything better. (It sure worked for me today.)

Only Jason wouldn't nap. And because Jason wouldn't nap, Shawn couldn't nap. Sigh.

But, I still wasn't deterred.

And I am so glad I wasn't.

The mall gods parted the sea of cars and let us find a parking space without having to drive around for hours. Seriously, we just pull into a prime slot as we drove into the parking lot. When does that ever happen?

Then, as we entered the dreaded mall, people sort of drifted out of our path and we were able to make a beeline to Santa's village. Not only that, but they must have known we were coming because I swear there wasn't a single person in line in front of us. It was sweet!

As we walked up, we stood there and admired the big man in red. The boys called to him and said hi. Santa waved at them and told them to come on over. The boys were excited about sitting on Santa's lap. We practiced smiling and saying cheese. We were primed and ready...

...until we got there.

Then their little faces looked like this...

Jeez, the excitement and joy was written all over their faces.

Don't worry about Shawn. He stopped crying immediately, once we took him off of Santa's lap. Then he resumed his continuous serenade of "Hi!" to Santa as we walked away. Sigh.

I think they had a good time, though, even with the tears, because they talked about Santa all the way home.

:-)

It is amazing to me to see them on Santa's lap this year. They are growing so fast! Here's a little flashback to last year's Santa visit so you can see what I mean...