Must be Santa!

I remember going to see Santa as a kid...it was truly magical. Taking my children to see Santa every year is one of my VERY favorite things to do as a Mom. I get butterflies in my stomach every year. I will be so sad when the peanuts get too old to do this.  When we lived in Houston before (our first 7 years of parenting) we always took the kids to see Santa the day before Thanksgiving.  When we lived in Va. we never really found a Santa tradition.  In fact, each year, I think we went a different place.  So, it was nice to resume our old tradition.

There a lot of photos (and some are not even good) but this was the first year Kate was not afraid and maybe one of the last years Will will be enthusiastic so I want to savor every single moment.

Kate and Daddy round the corner and catch a glimpse of the big man in red!

(Dress info at bottom~for those who have asked)

Waiting in line....

Kate was fascinated with Santa's gloves.

Kate did not want to talk to Santa but she posed for the photos with the bibery of one "sparkly gummy."

Will and Harry had a lot of time with Santa talking and sharing their lists.

Kate was far more interested in this chapel decoration than the man in red.

Bye Santa!

Santa gave Will some knuckles...

And Harry some skin.

After Santa and some photos...we went to Dylan's Candy Bar..

We had never been there before.  The kids loved it.  

They were each allowed to choose one thing.

Kate immediately picked up this lollipop!

Please, Daddy?

Harry chose a GIANT Lemon gumball!



Will opted for dark chocolate cookie dough bites.

Yummy!

Here is a scanned copy of the "mall photo." Please excuse the speck on Harry's nose.  It is from the scanner and no matter how many times I cleaned the scanner, it kept scanning.  It would not"retouch" in Iphoto either!

Kate's dress is made by Tra La La. It is available at a lot of on-line boutiques. To see our visit with Santa last year, click HERE.

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