Santa Pictures

Caleb and I have been talking about Santa for awhile now. The first time I talked to him about Santa, I asked him if he was going to cry when he sat in Santa's lap...to which he replied "Yes!" So then I kept talking over the next few weeks about how Santa was nice and that you didn't need to cry. So he kept saying he wasn't going to cry. And he even kept telling me what he was going to tell Santa that he wanted for Christmas.

On the morning that Santa was going to be at Caleb's school, Caleb was soooo excited! He was running around the house like crazy talking about seeing Santa. He did fine when Santa was far away and even said hi to him. BUT when it came time to get close to Santa and sit on his lap, that was a completely different story. He did not want anything to do with Santa. At least he would stay in his lap this year so that we could get a picture.

Enjoy our Santa pictures for this year! They crack me up!

2nd Picture With Santa

If you liked Caleb's last Santa picture, you will LOVE this one! It is so great! When Ladydenise handed me the pictures, she said that I was going to have to put this one in his senior slide show! Man is she right! I didn't realize that they had snapped a shot of this, but I am so glad they did! But really, I think he's had enough torture for one year.

This is the picture that I took with Caleb so that we could have a non-crying picture.

Santa Visit #2

Well, the CDC had pictures with Santa today. I wondered what Caleb would do since he didn't much like his last experience. (See previous post) I hid behind a pole so that maybe he wouldn't see me.

Tresia had Caleb in her arms, and she said that he was shaking from just seeing Santa. This is with standing pretty far away from him! So, when she tried to put him in Santa's lap, it just wasn't going to work. Caleb was not going to stay in Santa's lap no matter what.

So I came out from behind the pole, and took at picture with Santa with me holding Caleb.

Hopefully next year will be better. I'm sure he'll have the whole Christmas thing figured out by then and know that he needs to be nice to the Santa guy. I was hoping to take Caleb to the mall Santa to get another picture, but after today's scary experience with the big red man, I don't think I have it in me to make him go through it again.

So, when I get the picture, I will make sure to post it on here.

Oh, also, Caleb got a shiner at school this morning. He was playing with the cars that you can sit in, and he fell and BOOM! Tresia brought him in so I could see him, and it is quite the boo-boo he has. I tried to take a picture of that too (I know, I'm such a mean mom!), but he kept wanting to grab the camera from me and then run away. I'll try to get one tonight. He'll love those pictures when he's all grown up! :)

Trip to Santa's Village

We took a trip to Santa's Village last night. It is a way cute Christmas park by the Richardson Library. We had a good time, but I really can't wait to take Caleb next year when he'll get into it even more! Here are pictures!

Caleb getting a cookie from Mrs. Clause's Bakery.

Here we are waiting in line to see Santa. The line was very, very long! It was a good thing that they had a clown there to entertain everyone in the line.
Here we still are in line, but closer. We are in Santa's Toy Shop!
Here is the cool train in Santa's Toy Shop. Caleb kept saying "Choo-choo!"
Here is Caleb with his best friend Santa. Caleb does this with all of his best friends. They had a really good Santa. He had a great beard!
Caleb is thinking "Why did mommy just put me in this weird guys lap, walk off and stand there laughing while I'm screaming my head off!!! What is wrong with this picture?!!"
Poor Caleb! He wasn't happy for a little bit after seeing Santa. Santa had a good sense of humor about the whole thing though and mentioned to me when I picked Caleb up that he thought he wanted a fire truck for Christmas (because of the siren - crying - well, you know!) Funny Santa!