Evan meets Santa! (and the Golden Hawk!)

Evan met Santa at the opening of Laurier-Brantford's new bookstore today! We first caught a glimpse of Santa when we were walking to the bookstore. Santa gave Evan a wave and then disappeared into the bookstore. We were lucky in that we arrived during a lull in the day, so that Evan got to play with Santa all by himself! When we got inside the spectacular new bookstore and Brantford Research Centre-West, Evan was in joyful spirits and immediately ran up to the Associate Dean and gave her a hug (thanks Evan!). He was all smiles when he ran up to Santa, who was jingling his sleigh bells to coax Evan to come over. Evan sat on Santa's knee for a few minutes and then let Mommy hold him for the picture with Santa. The Golden Hawk snuck in for the photo. Evan recognized the hawk, but decided that he was a bit scary. Evan got a cookie and then socialized with the group before his pal, Fischer arrived. The boys had the run of the place for about an hour, running up and down the ramps and hanging out with Santa, who was nice enough to get down on the floor to play with Evey. Here is a video of Evan with Santa (and subsequently being scared by the golden hawk). Evan slept very well during his nap, no doubt dreaming about his adventures with Santa!