Ready for the Cold

I was at the mall letting the kids see Santa...which by the way, I was pleasantly surprised to hear Santa ask the kids whose birthday we celebrate on Christmas? Cooper answered, "Jesus!" And Santa told him he was right! While we were walking away Cooper asked, "Does Santa believe in Jesus?" and I said, "Yes!" Thank you Santa for being a good example for my kids!...

At this point you might be wondering why I am in this picture? Addison was so excited to see Santa, but of course (just like Cooper and Ella when they were this age) as soon as it was our turn, she wanted nothing to do with him. The only way she would go near him was if I was holding her. So for the 3rd time I got my picture taken with Santa too! :-)

So back to my story...we were at the mall and we walked past Gap and noticed they were having a big sale on all of their sweaters. Tyler was due to get off work soon so I called him and told him to meet us at the mall so he could get some new sweaters. While we were looking around in Gap, Cooper started doing a little shopping of his own and came across this hat and shoes. He needed a hat to wear outside at school, and he needed a new pair of shoes, and they were both on sale so how do you beat that? And as an extra bonus...they matched! :-)

Picture with Santa - check

Winter clothes - check