We braved the mall last night and stood in line for one hour so the boys could see Santa Claus. We attempted to do this Saturday morning, arriving at the mall an hour before the Santa station opened, but Pete said 'forget this!' when he saw the huge line of parents that had already started to form. Pete tried hard to convince the boys to not see Santa this year (because he didn't want to mess with the craziness of it all) and told the boys that Santa would still come for Christmas even if they didn't get to see him. I, however, ignored this and told the boys that we would still see Santa before Christmas (there are just some things in life where a couple will disagree, and one of them gets the final say. in this case, that was me lol). Pete had a late afternoon meeting at work and didn't come home until after 5pm. I made sure boys were washed up and dressed handsomely, and as soon as Pete came home, off to the mall we went. Standing and waiting in line for an hour was well worth it once we witnessed our boys having their special moment with Santa (Pete even agreed with this). They each shared with Santa what they wanted for Christmas, took a great photo, and at the end, Santa gave them each a coloring book. They had the biggest smiles on their face!! Oh, and have I mentioned how much I LOVE our mall Santa???! The same gentleman does it every year. He doesn't wear the cheesy Santa outfit, nor does he have a fake beard. To Pete and I, he just looks exactly how we imagined Santa to look (and he has a great personality. we watched as a set of twin baby boys sat on his lap. one of the babies pulled at his beard. one of the helping 'elves' wanted to fix this, but Santa said to leave it for the pic. love it when Santa can 'take one for the team' lol). Next year, I'm just hoping I'll be more organized and take the boys to Santa BEFORE Thanksgiving, when the lines aren't extremely long :)
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