We are waiting...patiently

Santa is coming to town....and soon he will be here! (and soon I will not be able to use Santa as a bribe). The boys are super excited this year for Santa. They just cannot wait. They have been discussing between the two of them who gets to leave what cookies for him...who gets to open presents first after he comes....how he will get in our house...what color his sleigh is etc. etc. etc. Of course Matthew declares his sled to be green, and Sam totally disagrees with him and is convinced it is red. Matthew continues to insist that Santa is going to go down the chimney, Sam reminds him that we don't have a chimney. Matthew demands that we leave our tree on all day, every day/night because if we don't Santa won't come...Sam corrects him by saying, "We have to turn it off because it is expensive to leave the tree on!". They are so funny. Together they are so anxious.

So, it had been very cold here...and it's been ages....I mean ages since I've took the kids to the mall. I can't even remember the last time we went shopping together. So, we went to Mayfair. They boys were not to excited about shopping, but when I told them if they were good, we could see Santa AND we could then do whatever they wanted....the smiles glistened.

So, they were okay listeners as we were fighting the crowds of people. And then it was time....the big guy in the red and white suit. Much to my surprise...Matthew was very anxious to sit on his lap and talk to him! Sam, he took a couple deep breaths and went to sit on the jolly man's lap...along with brother Matthew. They were so cute! They looked a little intimated, but plowed through. I was able to take a picture with my phone and not have to pay $20 for a 4x6 print!!!!! Super great!

Then it was off to Macy's Department Store. Sam thought it was funny the girl holding the purses was naked...

Matthew demanded we bring the stroller along so they could fight about who got to sit in it.

Then we stopped at a favorite store of mine and they played air hockey...for about 45 minutes....they had sooo much fun!!! And actually, to my liking, they got along so well! Love this when it happens. Although, I did try to leave the store about 80 times and got a huge belt of "NO" and after 81 times, I had to drag one of them out kicking and screaming...but, a few steps down the way, we were all good...and now I was off to find some coffee!