Day after Thanksgiving adventures!

My sister & I have been doing the Black Friday shopping thing for quite a few years. We were never super crazy but headed out by about 5 AM or so to hit up some good sales. Even though the Black Friday specials have moved back to beginning on Thanksgiving Day, we’ve decided to enjoy Thanksgiving with family & continue to head out early Friday morning. All four boys stay with Grandpa & Grandma for the morning and then meet up with us for lunch. We didn’t hit as many great sales this year but still had a great time.

After lunch, the boys & I headed to attempt a visit with Santa in our downtown. I had asked both boys if they wanted to go see him, as last year they were not impressed with getting close to him but waved to him from a distance at the local mall. I’m not into pushing my kids into a Santa visit so I’ve just waited for them to let me know they were interested. This was the year!

When we arrived downtown, Mrs. Clause told us that Santa had just gone to grab a quick lunch and would be back in 15 minutes. We decided to kill the time at the shoe store and had fun doing it. Both boys were good listeners and even wanted to try on some boots…women’s boots…as I was browsing through them. They each picked their own pair and insisted I take their picture in them too!

Colton picked a brown pair.

Wyatt went for classic black.

We arrived back to visit Santa & were his only visitors at the time (that’s why I hit up this location, no lines and no pressure to rush through). Both boys were excited to see him but only Wyatt was brave enough to sit on his lap. Colton did sit on mommy’s lap next to Santa and, even though he didn’t want to get too close, was fine with getting a candy cane from him as well. After a quick picture, the boys were invited to choose an ornament out of a basket & help decorate the ‘kids’ tree, which they were more than happy to do.

Santa!

Brave Wyatt!

Adding their ornaments to the "kids tree".

We headed back to my parents’ house (where we were spending the weekend while Cory was up north hunting) for naps, relaxing & haircuts from aunt “K”. The boys also watched some of “Despicable Me” with cousin “I” before heading down for naps.

Movie time!