Santa??

So we took Reese to the mall today for her first encounter with the man in the beard. The line wasn't too long, but we still waited for about 15 minutes. Too long if you ask Arnold. We weren't sure what Reese was going to think or do. She's seen other characters before and really liked them, but Santa's not quite as cartoon-ish. When we got up to the front of the line, Reese was watching very closely as the other kids sat on Santa's lap. I thought maybe she would be ok, but unfortunately it was a no-go. At first she was willing to stand in front of him with a sceptical look but as soon as he opened his mouth and spoke...she was a goner. She started to cry and buried her head into my chest. A melt down easily resolved with one caramel sucker!

As a side note, she was completely in love and enthralled with the gigantic stuffed reindeer on the Santa set! Go figure. Perhaps if Elmo were dressed up as Santa...we would have had a very different story to tell.