mason and santa

We always start Christmas Eve morning off with a trip to Drubers for free donuts and to see Santa.

Santa is a good family friend so he knows all the kids' names.  But no matter what Santa said, Mason wasn't a fan.  He would get close, but not on his lap. 

We all tried to coax him.

And then Taylor decided to take matters into her own hands.

(sorry for the awful pictures - the sunlight is so harsh at this window every year, and I don't have much time to change settings when I'm trying to capture moments like these!)

I'm pretty sure I then had to set my camera down to intervene.

He never actually made it on his lap.

And then, wouldn't ya know, when it was time to go, he got half way out the door to leave, and to all of our surprise, he ran back in, straight to Santa, hugged his leg and then ran out.

THE.CUTEST.THING.EVER.