santa encounter

Today I took the boys out, after Tyler's "rest time", to run some errands. We had to go to Kohl's to try to get something for my brother for Christmas and to try to get something for me to wear over the holidays. Things just aren't fitting quite right yet, not that I've really given it any effort either. Shopping trips so close to the holidays are less than pleasant. It was absolutely packed, and I assure you it is not easy to try on pants in a dressing room with a 4-year-old trying to unlock the door and an almost-3-month-old strapped to your check. Quite a sight I imagine.

From there it was off to Babies-R-Us, which went fairly smoothly.

Then it was off for a "quick" trip to Chick-Fil-A. What normally would be a 2 minute drive turned into a 15 minute endeavor due to holiday traffic. Ugh.

We arrived, expecting it to be utterly packed. To my surprise, not as crowded as I thought. What did we find though? Santa, Mrs. Claus, and a helper! Apparently this was an advertised event, but I was there by pure coincidence and apparently most other people were too busy to come on out. We got to sit on Santa's lap. When I say "sit", I mean that Santa held Jason while I had to stand as a buffer between Tyler and Santa. Kinda wishing I hadn't caved and let Tyler wear his PJ's. LOL. Other than the PJ's, it's a pretty cute picture. They took it with a Polaroid. Tyler was quite fascinated and I was happy to have not paid $17 for a photo. I'd much rather donate some money to whatever charity it was they were supporting (they didn't ask for donations at all, just a small container on a table that was barely noticeable).

Have I mentioned recently how much I love Chick-Fil-A?

Afterwards Tyler iced and decorated a cookie with Mrs. Claus. He was a little more comfortable with her. Then again, the child is easily won over with icing and sprinkles.



All in all a nice evening, if I could have erased the whole Kohl's part. Oh, and the traffic. Oh, and Tyler physically being removed from the play area at Chick-Fil-A when he decided not to cooperate. Oh, and the 2 screaming boys on the drive home. Yep, other than that, just perfect!