Thursday my work had a Christmas party by the mall in Columbia. Since Doug was off, I thought it was the perfect time to go see Santa with Mason. I picked up Mason from daycare and brought him to the party so I didn't have to go all the way back to get him after it was over. He did really good considering it was during his nap time. He ran around and got in everybody's way but everyone was really nice about it. He charmed their socks off so he could do no wrong...
Since the party was during his nap time, I scheduled his visit (if you reserve your time slot online you don't have to wait in line and you get a discount) an hour after the party ended so I could hopefully get him to nap before seeing Santa. After a couple of loops around the mall in the car he was out and got a good, solid hour nap in. He woke up still tired but happy to see Santa.
We did a quick stop to the bathroom to change outfits (he had a daycare outfit, party outfit, and a picture outfit thanks to the 3 teeth coming in causing him to drool like crazy) and fix his wild and crazy and yogurt crusted hair. With our reservation we walked right up and was in Santa's lap within minutes. Mason was so excited to see Santa. He walked right up to him, gave him a hug and a high five.
It took us awhile to get Mason to smile. He kinda just sat there. But then Santa pinched his cheeks and the smiles were plentiful. The crew was extremely nice. They took lots of pictures and were very patient with him. I highly recommend them for anyone in the area. When Mason just stayed in Santa's lap, they just laughed and kept taking pictures. They even invited me over to take some with them.
