Santa....already!

We're kicking December off the right way- a visit to see Santa that turned out to be a success! (Well, I personally think the pictures of Tyler crying his eyes out on Santa's lap for the previous two years equals success, but you know...). We almost had a meltdown, but somehow Santa turned it all around. Tyler was fine while standing in line and when it was his turn to take the picture, he wanted absolutely nothing to do with it. He was clinging to my leg and trying to climb in his stroller, despite all our efforts to pry him away. His little eyes started to tear up and I figured we wouldn't even get close to Santa for our funny crying shot this year. Santa started talking to him and rolling cars to him and slowly, Tyler started taking them over to Santa to roll again. They did this several times and Tyler started to feel more comfortable around him. He eventually got Tyler to stand by him with a toy for a picture, then he sat on Santa's lap with the toy and then Santa finally took the toy away and Tyler started cheesing it up. :-) He even told Santa that he wanted trains for Christmas! (Note to Santa!). Santa thanked ME for letting him work with Tyler! Awesome! He was probably the most patient Santa... ever!

Here's an idea of how the visit went.







And lets not forget the best part- the train ride after visiting with Santa!


Here's the framed picture already up and on display at the house!