Seeing Santa

Saturday we went to The Somerset Collection to see Santa. A place that is so swanky they call it a "collection" instead of a "mall". When Macy's is on the less expensive side of the mall, you know you are in trouble... Lucky for our bank account, we don't go there for the stores, we go to visit the most wonderful Santa I've ever seen. They take your name and give you a time to come back, you may have to wait an hour to see him, but it's not in a line and they cheer for your kids when they call their names to see Santa. You get 3 coins per kid to spend at certain stores in the mall, sorry, in the collection while you wait for them to develop your film. It's a great time and I look forward to it every year.

Alex looks a little nervous, but he was so excited to see Santa and tell him that he wants a bug vacuum for Christmas.
Matthew, on the other hand, freaked out when I tried to put him on Santa's lap. He climbed right up my arm and Santa said "I've never seen a child move so fast. He's like a spider monkey." So we took a family picture with Santa peaking out from behind the tree instead.
Once we did the group shot Matt was calm enough to sit by himself on the block, he had no idea what was going on behind him. My mom was happy because even though my nephews and niece went to see this Santa until they moved and they had some unhappy shots when they were this age, this is the first behind the tree shot we've had in the family. Oh well, he was interested in getting closer when Alex was telling Santa what he wanted and managed to gave Santa a high five before we left. He'll love it next year.