Pictures with Santa

We have slacked off all season on taking the kids to see Santa. We usually go to the Zoo and have breakfast with Santa, but we were too cheap this year and decided not to go. We decided that tonight (the night before Christmas Eve) we were going to take them. I left work at 3:30 and when I got to the mall the line was outrageously long. One of the worker girls happened to be walking down the line to let everyone know that Santa would be taking a break at 4:30 and then wouldn’t be back until 5:15….I asked her how long the line took to get to the front she said that most people were waiting about and hour and a half to two hours (and then we had to tack on the time for his break…..three hours, I don’t think so)….Michael hadn’t gotten there yet with the kids so I called an told him never mind. We were supposed to be meeting his grandparents for dinner at 5:00…there is no way that was going to happen. We went to dinner early and I tried calling a few places to see if Santa was there. He was only at those places on the weekends…GREAT!! Grandma Street had bought both the kids cute Christmas outfits so I was determined to get their pictures with Santa. We decided to brave the line and went back to the mall after dinner. The line was about as long as it was when I left the first time, but I was not leaving without seeing Santa. After about an hour of waiting I saw Stacey Easter (a friend) and she was at the front of the line…so what do we do (I know we are going to hell) we BUTTED!! I know what everyone is thinking and trust me I got A LOT of dirty looks, but we got in and out and the kids saw Santa. THANKS AGAIN STACEY!!

Breyden was really brave, sat on Santa’s lap no problem, but would not talk to him and tell him what she wanted….so mommy told Santa for her!!