Santa Visit 2013

Each year we head to the mall to see Santa.  We normally have to wait over an hour and you can only buy packages which are super expensive.  You can't buy just one and you definitely can't take your own pictures. This year we decided to try another Santa.  It was free!  We only waited in line for 30 minutes!  We took our own pictures!  The Santa was wonderful too!!  Not some ghetto 1980's Sangertown Mall Santa!!

I was a little nervous as to how Leo would do meeting Santa.  He loved him. He ran right up to him and gave him hugs. Afterwards he kept saying "bye" and "thank you".  SO CUTE!   Both kids were super excited which was wonderful.

After Santa we went out to dinner.  It is getting so much easier to eat dinner with them in public. They love it which is great.  Mike and I can actually enjoy ourselves and have conversations!!  Once dinner was over we headed to Hudson Gardens to see the lights.  We accidentally snuck in.  We weren't quite sure where to go and ended up just walking right in without paying.  Oops.  It's actually a good thing since Gwen was miserable in the cold and informed us that "she didn't have any fun at all."  Leo's eyes were huge looking at the lights, but he got pretty tired.

It was a wonderful way to celebrate the holiday season as a family.  It made my heart happy.