So I woke up this morning and realized that I didn't get a picture of Mason with Santa. My boys hate sitting with Santa. They are terrified of him. So, it somehow slipped my mind that Mason may just tolerate him this year. He is too young to know better and next year may be too late. Besides, I had a save $10 on your $10 purchase at JCPenny's.
I begged the boys to go. I even offered to buy them 5 Guys Burgers and Fries. I think the chance that I may make them stand by Santa was not worth the reward of lunch. They stayed home. I should have known when I got to the mall that I had made a big mistake. There was not a parking spot to be found and I was about 4th in line for the next one to open. I was thrilled when I finally got a spot about 5 rows farther than I would have liked but at least it was a spot. I opened the back of the car to find that some really nice family member of mine decided to unload the stroller for me. I am not sure when that happened but I was stuck without a stroller. There was no way I was lugging that carseat through the mall so I immediately shifted my mind to plan B which was to rent a stroller. No big deal.
We got inside, rented our little race car and Mason was thrilled. He played with the steering wheel while I raced around. I had really great intentions of getting a bunch of stuff done but the more I was at the mall, the more agitated I got. It was crowded and the lines were long and the isles were narrow. I spent my coupon at Penny's (I saved $10 but the stroller was $5) and decided to get in the Santa line. Now that was worth waiting for. As I stood in a line that was longer than any wait I have had at Disneyland I realized we weren't moving too quickly. I tried to look over everyone to see what the hold up was. It seemed to me that Santa wasn't even there. A lady got in line behind me and I asked her if she had noticed him there. She said he was on a break and would be back at 1:45. I pulled out my cell phone and found that it was 1:06. I just couldn't do it. Not only did I have to wait for Santa to return, I had to get through the line. We headed for the car. I didn't even take my stroller back for my deposit. Some really lucky person is going to get my dollar. It would have been a fun day about 3 weeks ago but I just couldn't take it today. I really don't know what I was thinking!
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