Santa is coming....

Last night was the lighting of Bulverde Village, so we ventured to downtown Bulverde with a great group of friends. It was really neat because it had that small town feel with people everywhere. Our first stop was the Bulverde post office....

This is where Cort was able to 'scribble' a letter to Santa,



Then mail it off to him.



Let's make it sure it didn't get stuck!



Afterwards, we ventured over to an area where they were serving egg nog, spiced tea and yummy cookies. Very Christmassy feeling!



There were so many little fun Christmas activities at each of the little businesses downtown, even a little petting zoo!! (Didn't expect this, but I guess that's what you get in a small town!!) Cort loved the little goat :)



Even an area for picture taking and yes, mommy made him pose! He looks like a little monster ready to tear into the night. AND that's exactly what he did! With him are my friend's kids who served to be lifesavers to me thorughout the night. They helped me all night keeping my little gremlin corraled and boy did I need the help!



One of the areas that was set up was a field with beautiful lights, shaped as Christmas trees and other lit up Christmas decorations. Cort took off running and into the middle of the Christmas trees he went! YIKES! HELP!! Fun for him, but not so fun for mommy! When I got him out of there, his little feet were wrapped in the extension cords and he was dragging them with him. Oh Dear..I had to act fast before the pretty Christmas lighting was torn down!!



Here is the result of mommy getting after Cort and firmly letting him know that it was NOT ok to run away from me in a large crowd of people into the Christmas lighting!! I think he realized Mommy meant business!



It was now getting to the time when Santa was coming. So we ventured down to the street and patiently waited for Santa to come by on the firetruck. Cort kept saying, "Santa is coming. Santa is coming." So sweet and innocent!! I love it!



Santa arrived and I'm not quite sure Cort knew what to think about him.



Santa came and left and then off to the firetruck we went! I think this might have been the highlight of the night for Cort. He was sooooooooo excited to be able to get in the firetruck.



Big stuff in the front seat...



His smile is worth it all.....




We ended up having to tell Cort that the firetruck was going 'night, night' because he DID NOT want to leave. He finally turned around and waved to the firetruck and said 'night, night'.

Cort will be 3 on Dec. 16th. He is definitely at that fun age now that makes all the holidays just that much greater seeing his excitement!