Meeting with the Big Guy

We made a trip after school today, down to the Mall of Georgia to see our regular Santa.  Only, our regular Santa was not there - today there was another guy, who was decidedly a bit slower and a little less like Santa than the previous Santa.  Not that Madison came away complaining or anything.  We just spotted him early after the drive down there, and were slightly concerned that Madison would make a big deal of it.  But she did nothing of the kind - she told him two things she wanted for Christmas:  a Mal costume (from "Descendants") and a board game:  "Minions Monopoly."

I think Santa has one of those already in the bag, but he's going to have to get his elves working overtime to make some new Mal costumes.  Because those things are really popular right now, even after Halloween!

Daddy had a coupon which got us twice as many pictures, and Madison came away with a paper hat that made her look like a Minion with a Christmas hat on.  She was happy to wear this all the way home.

We walked around the quiet mall after that, and enjoyed the music and the decorations.  But soon it was time to head back outside into the cold - yes, it's cold.  It's the wind, I suspect.

We did a bit of homework - more Susan B Anthony - and some piano practice too.  And tonight we also squeezed in the Charlie Brown Christmas Special.  Yes, it's time to start watching all those Christmas specials and movies!  We've got the Pandora music channel set up, and are even about to start taking out the trees.  It's never too early, and this year we have a new tree to set up on the landing upstairs.  Santa's here, and Christmas is around the corner.  It's time to get in that Christmas spirit!