For the 3rd year (maybe 4th) D has seen the Santa at Pioneer Place. We timed it perfectly and got downtown Portland just before 5pm. Once we found parking and got into the mall, it was around 5:30. Santa had NO line - again!! WOO HOO!! D quickly scrambled up onto Santa's lap, his list was spoken and Santa asked the some great questions - the normal "have you been good", but then some odd ones "have you been cleaning your room?" "brushing your teeth?" Ha ha ha!! I had to chuckle. Next C and C climbed up onto his lap, lists were given and Santa was wonderful. Last year was the first year that CE, at age 5, had even sat on Santa's lap. This year there wasn't even hesitation on her part.
Walking out of the mall, in the courtyard, it was "snowing". The mall had rigged up foam machines on the 3rd floor and it was snowing in the mall. The kids loved it!!
On the road again, we headed up to PIR and again encountered NO lines!! This night was shaping up perfectly! It was so empty, that we opened the sun roof, kids stood up through it and we took pictures. You're not allowed to stop during the drive through PIR, but with no one being there, we weren't told to move along. Unfortunately, the pictures of the lights didn't come out. We had the kids to stand under a huge archway, but the picture didn't turn out.
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