Meeting Santa

We took Jack to the mall to meet Santa.  After last year (search my previous posts) we decided to get him set up for the whole thing.  We told Jack that he would need to tell Santa what he wanted to Christmas and that Santa was going to ask if he was a good boy.  Jack told us he was going to ask Santa for a Thomas book.  If we had known it was going to be that easy we could have returned the hundreds of toys we all bought for him.  He also said he was going to tell Santa he had been a good boy.

We got to the mall and Jack immediately starting running around.  With the long line, we thought we might be in trouble.  But as we got closer he stayed with us.  Then we were next.  That was when Jack decided he wasn’t waiting anymore.  He lifted up the rope and started running.  Jen unhooked the rope so I could grab him except that she didn’t unhook it all the way and I ran straight into it and bounced backwards.  By now Jack was halfway down the ramp.  I threw down the diaper bag, lifted up the rope and ran under just as Jack reached the bottom.

So… then it was our turn.  Jack sat on Santa’s lap and told him he wanted a Thomas book.  Santa, being as knowledgeable as he is, started asking Jack about James and Percy and all the other trains.  It was great.  He was a little shy, but we got a couple of great pictures.  MUCH better than last year!

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