Going to see Santa

Dillon was very excited to see Santa this year. We've been talking about him and seen him on TV and in books. The day we sent to the mall Dillon was excited and kept talking about how we were going to see Santa. We got to Santa's village, no line (good to go mid-week and middle of the day!), Dillon walked right up towards Santa....but he stopped dead about a foot away and turned to run into my legs. Guess Santa wasn't as exciting after all.

We tried to get him to sit on his lap, not happening;

tried to have him sit next to Santa, also not happening. Finally I gave him his candy cane and asked him to stand in front of Santa. He stood long enough for a picture to be taken. No smiles, but at least there were no tears.

Trying to coax him onto Santa's lap.
What he really wanted to do was to walk in the "snow".