Twas the Night Before CHRISTMAS!

What a long day we had....We didn't really do too much but with all the traffic and crowds it made everything take forever. Jason had off of work for Christmas Eve and I admit that we are last minute shoppers, we spent the afternoon at the mall finishing up our shopping. It was kinda fun being out in the crowds, it actually wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.

We took Ryder to see Santa, again. This was his 3rd Santa visit. He does not enjoy seeing the Big Guy, it must be all the red and the big beard. He screams everytime which is shocking to me because he is always so friendly and good with strangers. I was thinking that maybe the third time would be the charm and that I would get a nice picture with Ryder smiling. I was not so lucky, but I am happy with these pics anyways, doesn't everyone have a picture crying with Santa :)

Right after we rescued him from Santa he was back to his normal happy, smiley self.

Jasons friend Barney lives near the mall so we went for a quick visit, Ryder liked playing with Barney :)

Now Ryder is all ready for bed and for Santa to come and visit.

He has is Santas Helper PJ's, with little reindeer footies.

and his stocking ready to be filled with goodies :)