Cooper is a big fan of Santa Claus. Not that you could tell it from the picture, though.

We went to North Park tonight to try and get a picture with Santa. He IS very cool and tells great stories. We tried on Saturday but we were a bit disappointed when we got there at 11am and received a number that would get us in at 6pm that night. Hmmm, that wouldnt work. So, I went down and got a number early today and then planned to show up this afternoon around 4pm. But, things don't always work out the way you plan and we ended up getting there at 4:50... 10 minutes before break and story time... which was fine but meant an hour wait.

The break gave us time to talk Santa up, watch him tell stories and practice our Ho Ho Ho. But all the build up wasn't good enough. Cooper was still not very pleased to be handed off to a random guy with hair all over his face just because he says Ho Ho Ho. Oh well. All kids have to have at least one picture crying (and squeezing out double chins) with Santa, right?

But, he really does like Santa. He loves his picture with Santa and says Ho Ho Ho over and over. We sing Rudolf The Red-Nosed Reindeer and he knows right when to say it. He waved bye-bye to Santa as we left, so maybe next year will be better.