Weekend at the Mall

So this weekend was a good weekend!

We took the kids (I love the way that sounds!!) to the mall to go and do the annual Christmas photogrpahs. It was really cool. Naomi is getting such a big girl, and she looked beautiful in her dress that we buoght her for the pics. We got Jack a santa outfit which he looked so adorable in! I would post pics here, but they are for our Christmas cards so I don’t want to spoil the surprise for anyone yet!

We went to the Picture People which was nice. Our photographer was pretty cool, but she wasn't the most animated of people. She was just getting on her shift too, so she couldn't blame it on tiredness. The trick was obviously to get Jack to look at the camera and crack a smile, which he did, but poor old Naomi had to sit there with a perm-a-grin on, so that when Jack did smile for half a second, we would have her ready too, and could take the picture. They came out beautifully though. It was a great time but, without being a downer, it did make me realize once again, how much I miss having Naomi around all the time. I wish we could go with the "kids" all the time. It is a lesson any parent who gets 'tired of their kids' should go through. Try not being able to have them.

So anyway, after the pictures we wandered around the mall for a few hours while they were being developed, and of course, we ran into Santa's Grotto! He closed at 5pm, and it was 4:45pm, so with Naomi grinning from ear to ear, we got in line and waited. The line went pretty quickly, and when we got to the red ropes, and were allowed in, Naomi took off on a full sprint to get to Snata. She dove up on his lap and began reeling off a list of what she wanted for Christmas!! It was soooo cute. Of course, we decided we had to get a photo of them sitting on his lap (yes, Jack, too) and so I will post that one also for you to see. They were both in their outfits for Christmas and it was really cute!

Malls are crazy, but there is something about the crowds, the insanity, and the whole Christmas spirit that just made them, on this day, so much fun!