Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Yeah, I know it's a little early, I do feel that way, but honestly, did you really expect me to stay away from Santa's arrival via helicopter?! I couldn't do it. When I told Sophia what we were going to do she immediately said, 'Santa usually comes in a sleigh'. She's so deadpan, my Dad would love that about her!! ;) Anyway, I explained that the sleigh was getting routine maintenance to make sure it was in working order for Christmas and she was satisfied with that. Anyway, enjoy the pics of Santa making his arrival...afterwards we visited his mall home to do some fun activities!

Sophia was literally beside herself with joy watching his arrival. She was absolutely ecstatic!

we ran into our friends Julie and Landis,

and some other friends too...

Mr. Build A. Bear

the Quick Bunny

and the Chick Fil A Cows
interestingly, Leo was confident enough to wave at the Cows but when they started coming near him he turned his head and ducked. We're not there yet, but we're making progress!

of course we had to do face painting

Good thing it's cute! We stood in line for no less than 45 minutes. That was all she wanted to do, so I let it happen. Amazingly Leo was content to sit in the stroller and watch all the people. She wanted to wait to see Santa until closer to Christmas but was very comforted in the fact that he was there.

afterwards we had Panera with Luca, Massimo and Francesca.