Ho, Ho, Ho!

We took Everett to see Santa today! I had been debating whether or not I would, but since he was in such a fantastic mood today and we saw Santa's house, I went for it. First, let me tell you about his wonderful day....

I had to get the tires rotated on my car today so I decided to go right before storytime so Everett could be rewarded for good behavior. Well, he didn't need storytime because Big O Tires is his new favorite place! He had so much fun in the waiting area! He ran around and touched every tire at least 3 times. He looked at his reflection in the hubcaps. He even made friends with a little girl who was also waiting. He climbed up and down the chairs 2 dozen times. He ran behind the registers once. He was the happiest he's ever been! So it was a great treat to then go to storytime and get to enjoy that and all his friends.

After a nap and lunch, we went Christmas shopping for Daddy and that's where we were when I saw Santa. Billy was on his way home from work, so he met us there and got to video it. Everett was mad at us for holding him and waiting in line because there was a big field outside of Santa's house that he had been enjoying until we got into line. So he was quite squirmy. He watched Santa carefully and then when I put him down on Santa's lap, he looked at me and made a noise, but didn't cry. Santa was kind of a dud and didn't say much, so Everett just looked at him and looked away and that was the end of that! I was bummed because when we say "What does Santa say?" Everett replies, "Ho, Ho" and I wanted him to say it to Santa - Oh, well!