Santa Visit

So we took the kids to see Santa this morning.  Its funny to watch the girls reactions.  All season Bianca keeps talking about wanting a Faline toy (female Bambi friend) but “Santa” can’t find one anywhere…not even the internet!  So I plant a bug in Bianca’s ear that she should ask Santa for a toy hamster in a ball.  All morning all she can talk about is going to see Santa and what she is going to ask him.  We are standing in line and she is getting more and more excited to see this great man in a red suit with jingle bells on his sleeves.  Its finally our turn to go sit on Santa’s lap and all of sudden it hits her…she is not to sure she wants to sit on his lap…Paisley doesn’t even want to walk up to him.  So I’m carrying Gage, dragging a crying Paisley and trying to convince Bianca to get even close enough to shake his hand.  Then he pulls out the candy cane basket and the mood changes a little Bianca comes up and is now willing to entertain the idea of standing next to Santa.  Paisley still wants nothing o do with the man who will bring her gifts…so we bribe her with candy to stand next to Bianca and quickly pass Gage off too in hopes of a picture.  The “elf” jingles a reindeer and a quick flashy flashy we are done.  Santa asks Bianca what she wants for Christmas but she is so star struck she just stands there in aw.  He asks her if she would like a baby doll, but she is still silent.  We wish him a Merry Christmas and are on our way.  We pay for our pictures and start to head to the pretzel stand (cause you can’t go to the mall without a pretzel)  We make it about 10 or 12 steps away before Bianca breaks into tears.  I stop and bend down to ask her what’s wrong and she says to me “I didn’t tell Santa I wanted a hamster!  I don’t want a baby!”  I smile and tell her that Santa is very busy today but that after her nap we can write him a letter to remind him that she wants a hamster, but he probably already knows she wants a hamster cause Santa knows everything….with a couple more sobs we make it to the pretzel stand and all is well.  The pictures turned out well considering we almost didn’t get one with Paisley in it…pricey but can you put a price on great memories?  BJ’s comment about the pictures pricing was “man last time I got robbed it was by a man in a mask!”  All in all it was great day and one to stick into the fun file J