Our Visit With Santa

Well we made it to the mall to visit Santa yesterday. We tried to go last week and when we got there we learned that Santa doesn't arrive until this week. So on Tuesday after dance class we got Laina all dressed up in her adorable Christmas dress again and headed over to see him. We talked about Santa A LOT in preparation. Laina wasn't overly convinced that she needed to actually see him in real life so I wasn't sure how it would go. She's not a big fan of Santa and she does not like it when he says "Ho Ho Ho". Her Christmas list this year consists of one item...a kitchen...a very particular kitchen...and she's very interested in getting this kitchen, so when I told her that she could ask Santa for the kitchen if we visited him at the mall, she decided she would do it.

So we got there and we walked up and she saw him sitting there and pretty much made a beeline in the other direction. So we sat on a bench and had a chat about Santa and she told me that if I asked Santa not to say "ho ho ho" to her then she would go up there. She really wanted to ask him for this kitchen. We had a deal....up we went and I made sure to ask Santa to please not say "ho ho ho". He was nice enough to oblige.

She s-l-o-w-l-y walked up to Santa, very hesitant to approach him and wanted NO part of actually sitting on his lap. She did decide she would stand next to him and we got her picture taken. The picture isn't one of Laina's best...she's not her usual happy self but its cute, her outfit is adorable and we have our first official visit with Santa under our belt. For those of you who check my blog regularly...you will end up with a Santa picture in your Christmas card so I'm not posting it here or that would ruin all the fun, right.

She did ask Santa for the kitchen which I was very impressed with. The only confusion came when she thought that after she asked Santa for the kitchen, he would give it to her right there and then. I guess I hadn't fully explained that after she asks him for the kitchen, she has to wait until Christmas morning to see if he brings it! Whew, glad we cleared that one up. Now she's all about Christmas getting here!