the easter bunny

so hayden hasn't had to best relationship with santa or the easter bunny. he gets all excited about going to see them and then suddenly we get there and it's total freak out. each year he's cried but we've managed to somehow get him up on santa's lap and get some pictures. some that actually look good. this year was the first year that there was NO WAY he was getting up on santa's lap. or even near him. i thought this things got better with age, not worse.
so we talked up the easter bunny this year for awhile. tried to tell him that he needed to show his cousin rainah just how to sit on the easter bunny's lap and all of that. the day we decided to go he was excited about it. kept saying how he was going to sit on his lap. then right before leaving he says to me "mommy, how about you sit next to the easter bunny and i'll sit next to you" i figured we were doomed. we get to the mall with the whole family and hayden basically walked right up to the bunny and sat right next to him (well, there was some space between them) and smiled for pictures. hard to believe, i know. but here are the pictures to prove it: