Ethan meets Santa

We took Ethan to Bass Pro Shop today to meet Santa Clause. We got there and they said that we would be in the 4:30 group. So we had 2.5 hrs to kill, we did that by walking around and looking at things. We ended up having to grab a sandwich in the sandwich shop while we waited. Ethan had a blast looking at all the dead animals (yuck!) and was fascinated with the huge fish tank they have there. Once we got in line to see Santa he kept pointing and saying "Santa Clause" but then when it was his turn he did not want to go LMAO, I figured he'd do that. So they told me I could sit with him and Santa could stand next to us. That worked. Once the picture was taken Santa asked Ethan to give him five. Ethan raised his hand but had that look like "Should I?" so I told him to go ahead and he did. It was super cute. Then of course Ethan didn't want to walk away from Santa right away. LOL. The pic is really cute I will have to figure out how to download it or scan it to my computer to share. After that we got his coat on to leave. He kept telling us "See Santa!" all excited that he got to see Santa. It's like one of those stories people tell when they go fishing "You should have seen it. It was THIS big (gesture a 2 ft long fish here)" when in reality the fish was about 6" long.  Except in this version he says he saw Santa when in reality he wouldn't go w/o mommy. LOL he's too cute.

After we got back he helped Matt get started on making Buckeyes calling them "Bucketeyes" he was having a ball rolling the peanut butter and licking the spoon. He is daddy's little helper when he wants to be.

Friday I think I will pull up the Santa tracker on the internet and have Ethan track where Santa is until he goes to bed (if we have time after church). He might find that fun to do and we'll of course read The Night Before Christmas as well since we have made that a tradition since he was born.