A family night out and a visit with Santa

We took the kids to see Santa tonight. Caden had a chance to tell Santa what he wanted for Christmas and to sit on his lap. He couldn't get away from the fake smile but that's ok. Dylan sat there but was pretty nervous. The other two boys wouldn't sit with Santa at all and Evan would barely sit still with me. But we got 4 decent enough pictures and had a nice night out together. We ate in the food court after. The boys sat up to the table and ate pretty nicely. They got a little squirrely at the end but I was pretty impressed. I think we all enjoyed just getting out together and having a change of scenery. Here are the pictures of the kids with Santa. The first one is of Caden in 2007 when he was one and a half - just for fun.

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