Santa

We went to see Santa today and to no surprise, the boys were very shy.  Before taking their picture, Santa wanted to read them a story and Aiden and Ty were both reluctant to get within 2 feet of Santa.  They stood at a safe distance to look at Santa's book as he read.  He asked if they had been good and if they were good helpers around the house.  Both of the boys nodded their heads, but didn't speak a word.  When it came time to take the picture I had to place them into position close to Santa and the looks on their faces says it all.  The lady behind the camera did all she could to get them to smile.  Getting into Santa's sleigh brought a little excitement.  After taking a few pictures, the boys walked back to Jeff and I and I told them to tell Santa what they wanted for Christmas (the whole reason we came to see him).  They both turned around towards Santa and Ty said "remote control Umicar" (Team Umizoomi), and Aiden said "remote control dump truck and a leap pad". 

When we got in the car, the boys were full of questions.  Aiden asked, "where were Santa's reindeer?" and "what did that button on his sleigh do?"  Dadda told him he should have asked Santa himself.  Then he came up with all the possible functions the button may have done.  He said, "maybe it makes the sleigh go fast, or maybe it puts the wheels down, or maybe it starts the engine" etc. etc. all the way home.  :-)