THE Santa! And our DAY at the mall!

So, my brother in-law was telling us that one of the malls here in Dallas is supposed to have "THE SANTA." He wasn't sure which mall, but his friends come up to get their kids picture with THIS Santa. The "Coca-Cola Santa" they call him.
Well, he's at North Park mall. And Augie had his picture with him!!!


I will say, I'll do it differently next time! You can get a ticket starting at 9 am. Then pictures don't start until 11:30. We knew this, but I didn't want Gus to have to go early to get a ticket because his dad and Kathy were in town. I didn't go because I Augie was due to eat at 9:00.
So, we got there at 11:30. We took our ticket . . . #164!!! Time estimate: 5:30! At first we debated on not having his picture taken there and doing it some other time. I had a feeling it wouldn't happen though. And we didn't have any other plans. AND . . . we still had to find him a Christmas outfit. So, we duked it out. We stayed at the mall from 11:30 to 6:30. It was dark by the time we left!

We did find him a Christmas outfit though!
And a wonderful outfit for him to take his pic with THE Santa.
And I found tennis shoes - for when I can start to jog/run again (1 week, 1 day, and counting down!) - and I love them! (Happy Birthday to me from Gus!)

I will also say that Augie was quite the trooper! He slept a lot, ate good, woke up and enjoyed the scenery for awhile, and we thought he would even make it through the picture with Santa. We were wrong. Santa was late - supposed to be there at 5:30 after his break, got there at 5:45, and Augie fell asleep HARD at 5:40. He tried to stay up with us, but when he was done, he was DONE! SWEET, SWEET BOY!!!




MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL . . .

. . . AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!