Getting friendly with mascots

Cole has a love/hate relationship with mascots. Loves them from a distance, but when we get up close, he literally starts to shake. This has been true with most until we met Sparky the fire dog and this Tiger at the CARDV family festival. Maybe its because they were smaller than Benny and the Knight (the two mascots he has seen the most of) but he befriended them, followed them all over the gym and even agreed to get his picture taken with them.