I've Been a Good Boy!

On Sunday afternoon I combed Rowan's hair and put a nice cardigan on him and we headed out on our latest adventure down to Crown Center.  Rowan LOVED it!  He and Josh played for an hour and a half around the shopping center while I held our spot in line to see Santa (yes, an hour and a half)!  I will say it was worth it once we got inside.  We still had to wait but Rowan was able to play in the Santa's Crayola Christmas Land.  He had a blast on the slides and tunnels-but I couldn't get any good pictures because he was always in motion!!  I could've saved the time I'd spent combing his hair- he played so hard that his hair that was once combed straight and to the side in the front was now curled up everywhere!  Oh well! 

                                         

                                         

We were finally able to get him over to the side and get his shoes back on him so we could meet the big guy.  I was surprised to see how authentic he looked.  I thought for sure Rowan would either 1). cry (images of last year danced through my head) or 2). not say a word (he usually gets pretty shy around strangers).  To our surprise he did neither!  I sat him on Santa's lap and he greeted Rowan by name.  The elf tried her hardest to get a good picture- she snapped this one just as he was beginning to smile.  I wish we would've noticed his jeans had turned into capris BEFORE the picture!  When Santa asked Rowan what he wanted for Christmas, he very confidently replied "A jeep!"  Then corrected himself and said "A jeep and cars!"  Santa said that was easy enough and that he could probably do that, to which Rowan replied "Okay. Thank you!"  It was hilarious!  As we walked over to the side to purchase the picture, Rowan told us "I like Santa.  He a nice guy!"  Priceless.  Well worth the wait-next time I will hopefully remember the video camera!   

Afterwards I was sad to see that Fritz's was closed.  Before heading to McDonald's to get Rowan some dinner, we checked out the fountains (Rowan was mesmerized by them), then drove through the Plaza.  Rowan thought the lights were so "neat" and especially loved seeing the horses pull the carriages.  We drove around to find a few more carriages as Rowan begged for more horses.  He was not happy when we left the Plaza- he was not finished looking at the horses!  I told him we'd try really hard to get back down there to see them again.  It was another successful adventure!