Santa Visit and Westlake Adventure

One of our holiday traditions is to go downtown Seattle and go to Nordstrom and get pictures taken with Santa.
We picked a great day to go as far as the weather was concerned and the crowds. I was a little concerned because Alyssa had dance that morning so we wouldn't get down there until almost 11:30 give or take. I thought for sure the line would be huge by then. When we got down there I was surprised that there wasn't a line at all! We parked and got Alyssa changed into her dress clothes and were on our way in no time.

We were in line for probably ten minutes or so but nothing more. Alyssa was so
excited to see Santa and had been telling me for weeks what she was going to tell him she wanted. She wants a "purple barbie." For those of you who are wondering it's a barbie in a purple dress. She loves anything to do with princess' right now and of course her favorite color purple. Although I think she is starting to like black now too!

At any rate both kids did great with Santa although Knox refused to smile at this strange man but tolerated him for a few minutes. Alyssa just snuggled right up and was tickled pink. I just love the innocence of children!


Afterwards we headed out to lunch at the Cheesecake Factory and than down to Westlake Center to ride the Holiday Carousel and walk around. Alyssa was so excited about the carousel and of course picked the purple horse to ride! When we were done we got some warm mini doughnuts and coffee and headed home. Just in time to because it started to rain.

It was a perfect holiday family outing!