Santa Claus!

I wanted to take Owen to the Riverwoods to see Santa again this year. We decided to go while Miles's family was in town so they could come with. We planned out our evening and were set to go. We met up for dinner at Malawi's Pizza. However, as soon as Miles arrived, he decided that his stomach bug that had been bothering him all day was not going to go away and he was not feeling up for our fun evening out. I felt bad that he wasn't feeling well, and I was really disappointed that he couldn't be there for our fun family outting to see Santa. :( However, I am grateful the rest of the Wright clan (Grandma, Grandpa, Auntie Marci and Uncle Mitchell) were there for the fun.

I had never been to Malawi's before. It was pretty good and they had some interesting pizzas. I especially liked how quickly we got our food. We also ordered a Berries n Creme dessert pizza which was delish! After our meal, we wandered out into the Riverwoods winter wonderland.

We went straight to Santa, to make sure we got that part of our evening taken care of. Owen did really well. He didn't cry or pout. Mostly, he just looked confused as to why he was sitting on some strange man's lap and tried to squirm down. I thought it was really sweet when I said, "Do you remember Santa? We were here last year." Santa responded by saying to Owen, "You've gotten so big!" (as though he actually remembered Owen). It was really cute.

Diverting his attention on Santa by focusing on the huge "balls" in the tree:

And just for fun, his picture from last year:After that we wandered into Blickenstaff's Toy Store. It is such a fun place with so much character and so many cute displays. We also went into Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory so Mom Wright could get her chocolate fix.

After wandering the shops, we walked around outside enjoying the beautiful lights. They always do such a great job.When we were done walking around and getting chilled to the bone, we went home. I love this tradition and hope to keep it going for as long as we can.