A fun afternoon!

Today after preschool I decided to take Sydney & Carter to the mall to ride the train and see Santa. It was a last minute decision and they were pretty excited about it!

We had to wait in line for a minute to get on the train. I asked Sydney if she wanted me to ride with them or if they wanted to ride by themselves. She promptly answered, "Ride by ourselves!" Then she asked Carter, "would you rather ride with mama or by ourselves?" and he replied "by ourselves!" So they hopped on one of the train cars just grinning and laughing and clapping! They poked their little heads out the window and waved every time they went by me! That was the first time they've ever ridden by themselves :)

Then we ventured over to see Santa Clause. I reminded Carter that he needed to tell Santa what he wanted for Christmas. Sydney piped in, "Carter wants John Deere books...do you want me to tell him for your Carter?"

Anyway, Carter was a little skeptical at first but he and Sydney sat with Santa together and told him what they wanted. Sydney asked for a Barbie doll house and Carter said he liked John Deere. Santa reminded them that they needed to be good boys and girls and help clean up their things. (Go Santa!) They got their picture taken and a candy cane for the road!

Here's a couple Christmas pictures of Sydney...hopefully I'll get Carter's soon!