Christmas at the Mall

We took the kids to see Santa Clause, or Kinkle Cause as Cameron calls him, last Saturday. This meant a trip to the mall, something we haven't really done with the kids before...or at least not since they became walkers. And to add to the excitement, we forgot the stroller in our other car that was in the shop at the time. Look out Stonetown Mall, we come the Ko kids!

We got there early to try and avoid long lines but did have a little bit of a wait, about 30 mins. I forgot how slow Santa lines move...I guess each child has to go through their whole list plus pictures. But as always, I had snacks handy and then Daddy took turns with the kids going up and down the escalators!

Despite their excitement over seeing Santa, and they were very excited to look at him from a far, they absolutely did not want to be close to him in any way, much less sit on his lap. So we only have this one family picture of our Santa 2009.

We cruised around the mall for a while to let the kids run off some energy, down escelators again and looking at all the Christmas trees. These were in Nordstoms and the kids loved the birds and birdhouses on them.

I did a quick wardrobe change on the kids (didn't want to mess up their Christmas clothes) and had a fun lunch at Olive Garden. I think the kids are going through a major growth spurt right now...Timo ate almost a whole kids plate of ravioli and Cameron at almost all of her Daddy pasta! I've never seen them eat so much. I was planning on them spitting the ravioli but Timo ate so much of it that Young had to give up some of his pasta!

I think the kids enjoyed their first "mall at Christmas" trip! Maybe by next year they will have warmed up to Santa a little more...