santa is coming to town

we took beckett to see santa. twice. two unsuccessful trips. the first time we went to redmond town center, where santa is inside a fancy house and a picture with him costs 1 million dollars. beckett talked to him and gave him high fives, but made a miserably sad pouty face when we made him sit with him. so we did not get that picture. we decided that was a practice run. and that maybe being in an intimate home setting was overwhelming. beckett still got a candy cane and we tried on some hats and got christmas gifts. the next weekend we went to crossroads mall where the santa is shadier and out in the open and weirdly still a million dollars for a photo. first we rode on some horses and we tried on hats again (weird) and got more gifts and then we went to see santa. beckett didn't cry. he was just sadly resigned. we got the picture anyway. two traumatizing visits are enough.