Last month I had made an appointment to go see Santa at the MOA. It's usually really slick, but this year they changed the location inside the mall and fancied up the place a bit. For some reason, the staff has taken more appointments during the half hour slots. Isn't the whole reason for making an appointment so you don't have to wait in line?! The line went out the door! A lot of people were complaining about this and my kids were getting restless.
I wasn't sure how the girls were going to react to Santa. I wondered if I should keep it a secret and surprise Emmy or do I tell her we're going to see him? As we were getting closer, we could hear Santa from behind the curtain. Emmy tried to scurry out of Santa's Workshop. She wasn't going to have any part of this what-so-ever!
It was finally our turn...Santa sensed that Emmy was a little frightened, so he went around the corner to get out of her sight for a moment. This gave me some time to put the kids on a rocking chair together in front of the camera. Santa tried to sneak back into the room behind the girls, but Emmy saw him creeping up on her. She started screaming and ran towards me. I had a little chat with her while Erin sat getting her pictures taken with Santa. Erin whimpered a little bit, but was fine sitting in his lap. Santa then was able to coax Emmy back over to him with a toothbrush and then {sound the bell!} she gave Santa a HUG! How precious!
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