We (really it's just me) have made going to South Town Mall to see Santa a Christmas tradition. I love the Santa! He is so great. Adam is always a good sport. He'll do anything to make me happy, but I probably crossed the line when I made him take us to see Santa on Christmas Eve. The two hour wait really wasn't so bad. Adam will disagree. Aspen and Bentley did really well. Aspen and I made a few potty trips while Adam stood in line. Adam made a run to the food court while I stood in line. We made friends with the people in back of us even though they hated us for cutting in line- we really just took a friend's place in line that we happened to run into that was not going to stay for the wait (Thanks Jill). We saw someone in line to get their dog's picture with Santa- yes they had the dog dressed in a Christmas outfit. And we spilled a huge cup of water on Santa's carpet. Oops. At least it was just water.
The Santa at our ward Christmas party had made Bentley cry, but only during the second time I made her sit on his lap. I wanted a picture of BOTH Aspen and Bentley together on his lap and... I guess it was just too much to ask. I was nervous that Bentley was going to be too scared to sit on this Santa's lap, how horrible would that have been- after such a long wait, your kid doesn't even want to see Santa. When it was our turn, we were ushered to where Santa was sitting in his big green chair, and Aspen and Bentley walked right up to him and each took a leg to sit on. Bentley LOVED him. He must be the real Santa! She couldn't take her eyes off of him as he visited with them and Aspen told him she wanted a pink princess bike. Before they left, Bentley gave Santa a hug AND a kiss (I wasn't sure how I felt about the kiss- I just didn't think about it too much). Then, of course, Aspen wanted to give him a hug as well. They were both so cute! I loved it and think it was totally worth the wait. Don't ask Adam his opinion.
