Meeting Santa 2013

The kids could not wait to visit Santa this year. Of course, I was NOT on top of my game and thought it would be a good idea to visit on a Sunday afternoon. Wrong! After waiting for over an hour in the Sunday line, I convinced the kids that we could come back Monday after school and have Santa all to ourselves. When we came back Monday afternoon, sure enough, the kids were able to just walk right up to Santa. Or more accurately, Kaitlynn RAN up to him exclaiming, "Santa!!" So precious! They both sat right down and had nothing but BIG smiles for Santa.

After the picture, they talked to Santa a little bit about what they wanted for Christmas. This is always where Mom and Dad have to pay extra special attention. You never know what they will come up with when they're on Santa's lap, ha!

Before visiting Santa, we sat down at home and wrote letters to Santa, so they were already prepared for what they were going to ask Santa for this year. I couldn't resist posting their cute letters.

Connor's letter to Santa (I blacked out the address)

Kaitlynn's first ever letter to Santa. She asked for a princess bike and Barbie doll house :-)

The mall we visited to see Santa has such awesome Christmas decorations that I couldn't resist taking some pics of the kids. It was such a fun Christmas memory for all of us!

All smiles after visiting Santa!