Visiting Santa

Walter and I took Xavier to the Parents as Teachers sponsored event "Dashing through the Holidays" last night. They had little activities and Santa was there for a picture. I'll be honest, this wasn't our best outing ever -You'll see why. Things started off pretty smooth.....

X sitting with Daddy

They had a neat pool of balls to play in.

I tried to get a shot of X in front of this tree, but he just ran away!

Examining the garland on the fencing around Santa.

Climbing on a mound of stuffed animals. Again, no chance of a good picture here!

Stopping to give mommy some love!

Knocking over boxes -- X really enjoyed this activity.

He liked shoveling "snow" for a few minutes too.

We made a stocking. Notice him pulling off the cotton ball.

And, then trying to eat the cotton.

After all this fun it was time to see Santa. Take a good look at this fencing. It's solid wood. When we were next in line for Santa X decided to pull it down on himself causing him to be pinned underneath and then scream and cry. He wasn't hurt, but he did scare himself pretty good.

Walter and I were already thinking that he would cry on Santa's lap because his stranger anxiety is pretty high right now. So, the fence incident pretty much sealed the deal on that one! Let's go see Santa......

Who the heck are you and why are you holding me?


Mommy, get me off of here!

Not even the binky could make things better.

After Santa they had this cute little chair to sit in by a fireplace scene. I thought he might do better sitting on his own, but clearly the trauma from Santa hadn't worn off and it was time to just go home!

(This would have been adorable minus the red faced screaming!)

Get the car Daddy, I'm soooo ready to get out of here!

So ends our visit to see Santa. Maybe next year........