Is that Santa??

Yesterday when Andy got home from school, I was talking to my sister on the phone. We were talking about Christmas and ideas for eachother and the kids. When I asked Andy who he had already told Spiderman 1 and 3  (he is trying to get the trilogy) about as ideas, he got curious about who was on the other end of the phone. He came up to me and said, "Mom, is that Santa?" I smiled and said, "You think I am talking to Santa?" He said Yes. I got distracted for a second and he said, "So, is it him?!?!?!" Yes, sweetie, this is Santa. He got this look on his face. You know the look...its magic. His eyes lit up and he couldnt hold back his smile and he just walked away on cloud 9. How cute :)

Then we went to the mall to TRY (and fail) at doing some Christmas shopping.  We walked out of Sears and right there in the mall was Santa! This was one awesome Santa too. Real beard and all. He wasnt one of those that just sit on the chair and wait for the kids to come up to him...he was walking around at the fence and talking to all the kids who walk by. He talked to Andy and Justin for a while, gave them big hugs and we were off. We didnt actaully go see him yet though...we'll save that for another day! We make it up to the 2nd level of the mall and walk back to Sears on our way out and I cant figure out what the kids are doing. I look down over the railing to see what they are being all silly about, and there was Santa- waving at them from the 1st floor! Not just a quick wave either. Justin gave up after a quick little wave...but Andy had this googley look on his face and waved at Santa till we couldnt see him anymore and the cool thing was that Santa did it back. I glanced back at him at the end and I could see him give his "elf" a smile about it. It was so adorable. Whoever said the magic of Christmas is gone?? It was right there with Andy and Justin last night :)