SANTAAA!!!

We know him!! We really do though, we met him tonight! TWICE! I know, I know... pretty lucky to catch such a busy man this time of year. But we did, and he was kind enough to pose for a picture or two and he personally asked Peter what he wanted for Christmas. (:

I say we met Santa twice because the first time Peter was terrified and we got a fuzzy picture. Okay so he was terrified a little the second time too but they quickly became friends, don't worry.

Peter was holding back screams until daddy held up the camera... when he then gave a very sad and whimpery "cheeeeeeese." Such a sweet boy.

After visit #1 we took a break with some hot cocoa and checked out all of the neat lights around the Riverwoods. They do a pretty good job! And going on a Wednesday night in early December?? Perfect for a two year-old that wants to run around. There's not a lot of people and getting lost is hard to do. We loved it... sorry Temple Square, you're just too busy sometimes!

On our walk back to the car we ran into some friends and we I decided to give Santa another try. Peter LOVES his Santa library books but practically treated Santa like a scary mascot the first time around. Peter also loves puppies and kitties (wuddies and meow-meows) in books but not in real life as well. A kid thing, I guess. Anyhow... speaking of Santa... and cats...

One of Peter's favorite Christmas books so far is "Christmas Kitten, Home at Last." It's a cute book about Santa bringing home a stray kitty, which he names Cookie, after his Christmas Eve deliveries. But... Santa is allergic to cats! So he sneezes through the entire book (intermingled with ho-ho's) and eventually they find the kitty a home. So while visiting Santa tonight I asked him if he was allergic to cats (while nodding very hintingly) and he said yes! And he sneezed! The look on Peter's face... it was like that Santa in his book had come to life. He loved it! And so Peter's friendship with Santa began. He told Santa he wanted some cars for Christmas and gave him a hug goodbye. Friends for life!

And thus concluded yet another lovely evening out as a family. Now to wait and see if Santa really does bring Peter some cars. (: