Santa Claus, 2008

As many of you know, I work a retail job during the holidays, in addition to my regular job. I have done it for many years and LOVE it. Well, today I was thinking about my schedule & how crazy it was about to get. Then, I realized that I didn't know when I would have time to take the girls to see Santa. So, I called Todd & told him to bring them to the mall to see Santa after taekwondo class. At first he didn't want to because they would be in their uniforms. I didn't care. TKD is a part of the girls lives, so who cares if they wear them to see Santa.

Lexi was very excited to see Santa, but when the time came she changed her mind. She didn't want to sit next to him or anything. Laney didn't care & sat right on his lap. After some coaxing we got Lexi to sit with him. Then, she didn't want her picture taken with him. So, Todd got on one side & I got on the other and said we would be in the picture too. Before the picture was taken we would lean in, when they got to 2 with counting we leaned back so we wouldn't be in it. Then after the picture was taken we quickly leaned in again. Lexi didn't know what happened until after we got the picture. Both girls were very sweet and only asked for 2 gifts each. Then Laney asked for 1 more gift, but it was a toy for our dog, Jack. After all was said and done Lexi ran up to Santa and gave him a big hug. So much for being afraid of him.