Up until today we had not quite decided if we would take Ryan to visit Santa this year or not. I mean, he's a big strange man, dressed in red velvet, with a long white beard, saying "ho ho ho". What toddler wouldn't be scared to death of that? But today we went to the tail end of the Christmas parade and street fair in Benicia, the next town over, and as we were walking around we just happened to pass by Santa's Workshop, where Santa just happened to be visiting with the kids, and there just happened to not be any line to wait in. Fate. My idea of dressing Ryan up in his Christmas best to go visit Santa went out the window, as he was dressed in sweats. But we took advantage of the good timing, and in we went...
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| Ryan's first introduction to Santa |
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| trying to slowly warm up to him |
The Official Photo
No screaming, which is what I had imagined. But Ryan was clearly not loving sitting there by himself, as it lasted all of about 4 seconds before he was squirming out of Santa's lap.
Our walk through downtown Benicia with Nanny and Dzia Dzia
At the street fair, we walked past this man playing the saxaphone, and Ryan couldn't get enough. He stood here dancing to the music and watching him play. A future musician? Perhaps.
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| Looking at the ducks with Nanny |
And this picture that I took this evening is for my mom, who told me today that she doesn't think Ryan's eyes look as big as they used to. I still think they're pretty darn big and beautiful.
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