A Visit With Santa!!

The kids have been asking for a few weeks about when they could go and see Santa. Jase and I finally decided that gift ideas should be 'locked in' so Santa wasn't running around at the last minute tracking down gifts . So on Saturday morning we got up and got the kids ready and off we went to the mall so that they could sit on Santa's knee and tell him what they wanted.

Max wasn't too sure of who this odd looking Grandpa dude was in the red suit but he was a sport and sat on his knee anyway, haha. Max likes everyone! We were in Costco on Monday and he pointed to this old guy with a whiteish beard and said "Santa". I couldn't help chuckling. At least he got something out of his visit!! Arizona is filled to maximum capacity with snow birds(old folks who come to the warmth for the winter months) and it makes shopping trips and driving anywhere take a little longer than usual.

Anyway, the gift requests were as follows:

Emily ~ Nintendo ds

Hudson ~ red scooter

Tori ~ pink Barbie scooter

Max ~ tricycle

Jase and I laugh over the monetary variations in the gift requests but at the present time they are too young to grasp that concept yet and we will revel in that fact for now. Later when they are older i'm sure they will compare gifts down to the last penny ( i hope not but i know i did, haha) Hudson originally wanted an Indiana Jones whip and we said, no to that idea. I could just imagine my lamps, the dog, his siblings and the tv being mistakenly(ya right when it comes to his sisters, especially Tori) hit by his whip. We told him maybe for his birthday, with us hoping that he will forget by then!! Hey! It's a while until August 30th :)

We had fun and then when we got home Jase put the lights on the house and I put up the lights on the palm trees and bushes and wreaths on the garage and the front door and then garland around the front door as well. We think the house looks pretty good. I'll have to take a pic tonight once it gets darker before our nightly walk.

I LOVE the holidays!!!!