We were lucky enough to visit Santa twice this past Christmas season. Joseph was super excited, Maddie less so. The first time we headed to Cabela's with Jill while Joe and Gary were busy working on building the kids' play kitchen. We didn't know if we would make it in time, and the worker told us not to expect it. I let the kids wander around and check out the huge aquariums while Jill waited in line.
They were amazed at the size of the fish and would have been happy to play there for hours! Jill moved closer and closer to the front of the line, so we went back to join her. At this point we had been waiting almost half an hour and has just a few families ahead of us, with just a few minutes left before Santa had to leave.
We were so lucky, and ended up being the very last family to see Santa! Unfortunately we had told joe and Gary that we probably would be out of luck, so they missed out. Maddie did not want any part of Santa until he offered her a candy cane, then he was tolerable.
A week or so later, Joe and I took Joseph to see a Christmas special performance at the Symphony. Joseph seemed to enjoy it, but you couldn't tell from this picture:
Afterward, we headed down to Union Station to see Santa's train with Jill, Gary and Maddie. Luckily the bad weather kept the crowds away so we didn't have a long wait.
At first it seemed that Maddie was going to be ok with seeing Santa. She was an old pro now, right?
This was probably the best picture we got. Oh well. Maybe next year she will learn that the big man isn't really all that creepy.
1 comment:
I literally just laughed out loud!!! That picture of maddie is soooo funny! Poor thing looks terrified!
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