It has not been a priority of mine to make sure we get pictures with Santa every year. Seems to me like more of a headache than anything. And to tell the truth, I don't really think it is that fun to subject you child to such a traumatizing experience just so you can look back at it later to laugh at how scared your kid is. My daughter was born in December and I wasn't going to take my not so tiny newborn to get Santa pictures in a germ-filled mall. I try to stay away from the malls at this time of year. Anyway, since we missed the first one... I felt like it wouldn't be complete to start the next year because we didn't have one from the first year... So, we don't do Santa pictures. However we went on a hayride around downtown Gig Harbor this week and Santa was on the hay ride. Josh drove the tractor that pulled the hay wagon. MJ was not a fan of the live Santa, even thought she points him out every where. Here are a couple pictures "with Santa" that we took on the hay ride.
That was about as close as she would get at first. At the end of the hayride she warmed up a little bit, but still not all that happy. She did enjoy the little candy cane he gave her. She ate it on the ride home while asking, "Where Santa Claus go, Mommy? Santa has a hat. Daddy has a hat, too. Daddy drive the tractor. Where Santa Claus go, Mommy?"
Too cute! You are so brave, Maezie.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun evening - a hay ride and Santa. What else could a two year old want? Come on, Mandi, we made sure that you had a Santa photo for many years. Now you get to look at them on our wall every Christmas season!
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