Before looking, Carter kept telling me he was going to ask for a car. Once we looked at Walmart, he became fixated on a Spiderman car he saw. But when we went to Toys R Us, Brian and I saw some cool Animal Planet toys. We pointed them out to Carter and he saw a treehouse set that he wanted right away. Since seeing it, Carter kept telling us that he was going to ask Santa for "a B-I-G treehouse".
After naps this afternoon, we decided to get out of the apartment because we'd had no water since noon. It appeared that a line had been hit outside of our apartment complex and they cut off the water until a couple of hours ago. We have water now, but it's brown.
Anyway, I had told Carter a few days ago that I heard Santa Claus was going to be in town this weekend to find out what kids here wanted for Christmas. We hadn't gotten out to see him yet so Brian and I decided to take the kids to the mall.
After waiting in line for about 30 minutes (including waiting through a potty break for Santa though we told Carter he had to go feed the reindeer), the boys got to visit with Santa. Carter was very excited but Rylan wasn't so sure about Santa. He slid right off his lap and came back to me. Then I tried to put Rylan standing in front of Santa, but he wasn't having it. He wasn't getting upset but didn't want to be left with Santa. Santa tried grabbing his collar to hold him there, but that didn't work either. Oh well. Carter got his picture with Santa at least.
I wouldn't normally buy a picture, but the basic package included a CD with the picture and 2 - 5x7s for $28. Also included was a $20 Shutterfly gift card. So ultimately, the pictures "only" cost $8.
After getting his picture taken, Carter told Santa about the big treehouse he wanted.
Poor Carter though was confused and upset when he didn't get what he asked for right away. But we explained how now Santa's elves have to make his present and hopefully Santa will bring it for him on Christmas morning.
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