Santa Picture Day!

Lon and I have a tradition, on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, we  make our only trip to the mall. We get Santa photos, do what ever mall shopping we have planned, have lunch and spend the day together.  Lon gets to play hookey for a day.  It is good for all of us! We got ready to go and we were on our way
First stop was Santa photos. But they do not allow personal cameras there, so I will post the photo soon. Lon looks like he is up to something

Lon was too excited to eat at home! Our second stop was at Cinnabon. Oh so yummy, but not inexpensive!  Lon enjoyed TWO mini bons, and  raspberry lemonade.  He took off his sweater to keep it nice.

Lego store! We could not delay that one any longer!  On our way there we passed a cute little shop and got a fun present for Auntie Karen. I hope she likes it.  They did not have the BIG Lego that Lon wanted in stock, we got a lead on where it might be hiding.

 Since we went to the Lego store,  we also went to Williams-Sonoma.  Mommy's play store!  We looked for wooden spoons for Aunt Karen, since she asked for them, but the only ones they had were almost 30 dollars each. I thought that maybe I would find nice ones that were something she could use. They were works of art, not something to stir sauce with.

At Cost Plus, Lon got a light up blinking nose!  The lady's at See's candies were impressed.   Lon got his favorite chocolates, mochas!  I got a couple of my favorites too, rum nougats!

Pizza at Zeke's! Always Lon's choice on where we eat lunch. We ordered two slices and a half salad. They were going to bring them out to us since the cheese pizza was still in the oven. Well, we waited, and waited. It took about 15 minutes of waiting. Then the manager delivered a pie to someone else's table and noticed we had no pizza.  She brought us our slices, asked for my receipt, and then brought my salad. I thought she was just verifiying what we ordered. No, she was not. She refunded our entire lunch. That was really nice of her.  I was not complaining, neither was Lon. we were just super happy to get our pizza!

Are you sure there is no candy in here?
Lon and I walked down to Sur La Table, to see what they had. They had pretty, functional wooden spoons from France! The best part is, they were not 30 dollars each!  Lon kept putting in cookie cutters into the basket and I kept telling him we have enough cookie cutters.  He is of the firm belief we need more!

Our last stop of the day was Fred Meyer for the Lego from Grammalyn. I knew it was there.  Lon is happy he is getting that one. No, he does not know all his presents. He just wanted to make sure that he was getting that one. He did ask Santa for the Death Star Lego. He told him he wanted nothing else but the Death Star.  He said, mommy and daddy, his Aunt, and his Grandmas were getting him some good stuff, so all he needed from Santa was the Death Star.  Santa will make that happen!
When we came home, Lon got to go up on the garage roof with me to hang lights around his windows.  That was also a good part of his day, he loves going up there with me.
We had a very fun day, playing, talking, eating, doing more window shopping than actual buying, which is more fun!