Santa 2011

Today we visited Santa at the Burlington Mall.

Mikey looked at Santa from a distance and kept saying "Mikey's turn".

He appeared to be very excited.

Then it really was "Mikey's turn". Guess who threw himself to the ground and did everything he could to AVOID Santa?!?!?!?

This is why were are starting a new family portrait trend when visiting Santa (same thing happened last year).



Once Santa gave Mikey a candy cane and we took a few shots, Santa then was safe. Mikey high-fived him before we left.

Since we got caught up in the drama of meeting Santa, Mikey never got a chance to tell Santa what he wanted OR where he would be on Christmas Eve (Mimi & Grandpa's house).

Good thing we have "Joe" (our Elf on the Shelf) living with us until Christmas to relay all of this important information to Mr. Claus.





For those of you unfamiliar with the "Elf on the Shelf" phenomena, "Joe" is an employee of Santa who watches over Mikey all day. He reports back to Santa at night and returns in the morning to a different location. His only rule is that you are not allowed to touch him or he will lose his magical powers and therefore won't be able to communicate to Santa. Although he cannot speak to us, he listens and watches everything that we do. Mikey is enjoying finding Joe each morning. I don't think he quite grasps the whole concept yet but it is a great tradition to start!

For those of you wondering, Mikey is asking Santa for:

1) A Bruins hockey t-shirt (he gets SO excited for sports clothing!);
2) Chugginton trains;
3) Handy Manny tool set;
4) Cars 2 DVD.

Lucky for us, he requested small items. When we move to a house, I know his gifts are going to be MUCH BIGGER in size.

Merry Christmas, everyone! We hope Santa brings you everything on your list this year!