A visit with Santa

Today it rained...a lot. I picked the girls up and we headed to the mall to see Santa! The rain ended when we got to the mall so we didn't get drenched like I was afraid we would. So, Santa comes to our house on Christmas eve. We leave cookies on a special "Santa plate" and milk in a special "Santa cup" and this year we will leave a special mixture of carrots, apples, and sweet feed for the reindeer in a special "reindeer pail". This will probably be Sydney's last year to do the whole Santa thing. She has hit her tween years. (between child and teen, fyi)

Sydney Elf

Melia Elf

Becky Elf

The mall has the best Santa that I've ever seen in person. Melia immediately ran to him and gave him a big hug! She gets the miss congeniality award!

Sydney is a little more reserved....

Sydney got the bands on her braces changed today to red & green....

Melia likes Santa hugs best...

And then we saw this really cute Santa bear in a store along the way...