Meeting Santa

The little farmhouse at 'downtown' Dunwoody

I know, I know, tomorrow is Thanksgiving, but we are already getting into the Christmas spirit. I don't know if it is because I'm looking forward to the holidays in our new home or because Mason is SOOO excited about Christmas this year. I have to admit, I love his age right now! We have a lot of great conversations these days and he is just the sweetest thing (when he wants to be :). He is also so observant. I've started putting out a few Christmas decorations here and there and he is always the first to notice even the smallest difference at the house! Yesterday, he walked around the whole house pointing out the Christmas decor and finally stopped and proclaimed 'I like it'. I really should start writing down some of the funny things he says. I had to take the boys to school yesterday (which I haven't done in a while) and I turned in to the wrong entrance - they recently switched it up and it was early and I was just on 'auto-pilot'. The second I turned, Mason screamed 'OH NOOOO MOMMY- THAT'S THE WRONG WAY!!!!'. I said, 'I'm sorry, I just forgot', to which he replied, 'It's OK, Daddy did it too'.

I've mentioned how much we love our house and neighborhood, but I also love the city we live in. Dunwoody is a wonderful Atlanta suburb and a great place to raise a family (at least so far!). It's just close enough to the city (although I'm thrilled that both Chris and I both work right here), but it still has a small town feel to it. It was only incorporated into a city a few years ago, and you can tell there is great pride by the residents to finally be a 'real' city. They also have lots of community, family friendly events, the most recent being the 'Light Up Dunwoody' event we went to on Sunday. It was COLD, but the boys had a great time (until the end, when they were tired and done). It was just a little gathering to light up the town tree at the historic Dunwoody farmhouse, but the most important part was that SANTA CLAUS was there!! We waited in a short line to get the boys' picture taken with jolly old St. Nick. It was PRICELESS!! I think the pictures speak for themselves. When we asked Mason what he told Santa, he said 'thank you' (at least he's polite :). We finally got him to tell us that he asked for a 'Jake tent' and a bike.

He was so excited! It only took a little coaxing to get him to go see Santa.

He looks star-struck :) I hope Santa told him to be a good boy!

That face says it all! What a happy boy!

Matthew wasn't so impressed. But this Santa 'pro' understood the importance of the picture... even with a screaming 18 mos old :)

This was about 5 mins later, so you can see there was no major trauma

The boys checking out the giant tree

We are also very excited for Thanksgiving tomorrow. We are hosting at our house and my entire family is driving up from Cochran to join us. I feel so blessed!