Success with Santa

Jesi and I were at the Ogden mall walked by Santa's workshop. It wasn't planned, but Santa was all alone, no line and it was free to visit him- so we dropped by. Unfortunatly, the sceme with Santa is to get a picture with him is $25 bucks. So we decided that Jesi would take Lexie and Greyson to him and I would hang out behind the bars to take a distant picture. How did it go? Well the video is below... The reason I stayed behind was to take a video, and since Lexie panicked Santa came to us- something he wasn't supposed to do, but he did. It was very kind! Baby Greyson, with Santa for the first time #2 Visit with Santa didn't go so well either. I didn't get a picture, just a video of her screaming at an arms length away from santa again. Poor gal! I guess visiting Santa during nap time isn't a good idea?

And visit #3 with Santa- a smile! The key? I put lip gloss on Lexie's lips and we practiced smiling, and rehersing what we'd say to Santa. We waited in line while a bunch of kids talked to Santa. Maybe she needed to see other kids visit him before she was okay? Whatever the case, I'm glad we got a smile!

And it's just the beginning of the month, we'll see what Santa adventures will happen before Christmas. Were you afraid of Santa when you were little?