On the way in, we stopped for a minute at a little toy store- there were a bunch of fun things that they boys enjoyed looking at. From there we made a quick stop at a shoe store to see if we could find some shoes for Caleb. He has one pair of hand-me-down tennis shoes that are getting too small, and that morning I couldn't find them anywhere so he'd been wearing his other hand-me-down, well worn Sunday shoes. We found a great pair that was on clearance for $3! So we were checking to see if they had any other shoes on sale in Jacob’s size. We were all standing there together, I turned to ask Caleb something and he was gone. He had already run down different isles in the small store a couple times, but this time he wasn’t in the store. It’s a mother’s worst nightmare- your child is lost at the mall! I went out of the store, looked both ways and couldn’t see him. I had a feeling that I needed to go left, so I went down a ways, and had a though that he probably went back to the toy store. So I ran down, and sure enough there he was, right in the front of the toy store looking at the games again. I was so grateful, and especially grateful that I had found him so quickly. As a mother, I can’t think of many worse feelings than having a lost child! This boy really needs a leash!
After Caleb got a good talking to, we made our way down to the mall Santa. The line wasn’t too bad, so we didn’t have to wait long. I knew we weren’t going to pay for the mall pictures, so I found a little spot where I could manage a shot. It wasn’t the greatest, but I was at least able to capture Matthew’s reaction- typical and pretty funny. "Save me from Santa!"
Jacob and Caleb were able to tell Santa what they wanted, and got a little coloring book as a gift.
The boys-minus Matthew- had fun visiting Santa and I was grateful that we came home with all three children!
2 comments:
Oh, Angela! You lose a child in a mall in Idaho and you panic - you lose a child in a mall in Philly and you go into cardiac arrest!!! That is seriously frightening. I lived it just for a second with you. I am SO glad that you followed your prompting and found him quickly. Little boys. Oy! I loved the scream Santa prompted from Matthew too. Anna is at the poing where she isn't scared - per say - but she has the strange "why in the heck do you have your jolly red arms around me? You better let me go NOW and bring me what I want at Christmas or I am going to hunt you down!" Good times.
I have lost Kaylee before in a store. It is the worst feeling! I think that it is so funny that when the children are just little they hate Santa but as they get older he is their favoite thing. :)What a fun family trip to see santa.
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