Going to See Santa

Tonight we took off for a fun family evening at Sandhills and what an amazing night we had.  Despite Luke not napping today at all, the big boys being very tired after a full week, we all hung in there and really enjoyed our night.  We started out by going to visit Santa.  We just haven't had a chance to go before today so we figured we'd take advantage of the nice weather and get out.  Walking in to see Santa I was thinking that Luke was not going to be a fan... he is not a fan these days of strangers.  He is very funny about people he doesn't know getting in his personal space.  Boy was I wrong!!  He walked around the room while the big boys were waiting in line and he was waving to Santa's helper as well as Santa.  Most of the time they weren't paying him any attention but he was still waving for all he was worth.  Once the big boys got up to the front of the line Luke walked up there and watched as each of them climbed up on his lap and talked to him.  Once it was Luke's turn he was completely fine sitting with a strange man in a red suit and a long white beard.  He stared at him for a few minutes and then started waving and giving Santa high fives.  When it was time to be done Luke didn't want to get down... he was quite comfortable on the old man's lap. :)

Once we were done visiting Santa we went and ate dinner and then the boys enjoyed some ice cream from Marble Slab.  They all, all four of them, enjoyed their after dinner treat! :)

And just for the fun of it, I put the boys in their Christmas Sunday outfits last week for church.  I figured since I went with the brown and red scheme that these outfits will get a lot of use.  I love it when we're all ready for church early and have enough time to snap a few pictures!

I can't believe that Christmas is just a short 9 (almost 8 now) days away.  I have a lot to do before that day and I am hoping to get a lot done this week with Charles home from work.