Visiting Santa
pamelamyers | December 3, 2010
Today we took Sam to the Springfield Mall so that she could visit with Santa. It went pretty well for a while. Sam was really happy looking at all the decorations and even enjoyed watching the other kids visit Santa Claus. Going up to actually talk to Santa — well, that didn’t go so well. When we got right in front of him, she got really shy, buried her head in my shoulder, and wrapped her arms around me in a death grip. Mark and I both tried getting her to relax and it wasn’t going so well, so we let a few kids go ahead of us, thinking that maybe if she just stood and watched some more, she would relax. No go. She was so scared of Santa! He is such a nice man too, he really tried everything to get her to relax and smile, talking softly, showing her some stuffed animals. Eventually, we just gave up and decided to do the classic crying photo, even though it sort of breaks my heart. 🙁
Later that day, Santa felt really bad that such an adorable little girl cried when she came to see him, so he was nice enough to stop by our house. Santa thought maybe she would be more comfortable in her own home, and he was right. Now that is the happy face we were looking for! Unfortunately, Mark had disappeared so he missed Santa’s visit. That’s too bad. I know he would liked to have been there.
(Thanks Aunt Barbara for the assistance!)
When Mark and were talking about taking Sam to see Santa this year, we both wanted her to look happy, or even just a little in awe, but we really had a sinking feeling that she was going to cry. It’s so common at her age, and she is a little stranger shy. So I guess today was not really a shocker. My mom and I were talking about it earlier this week and she reminded me how I wasn’t too thrilled with the whole Santa experience either when I was Sam’s age. My birthday is only a week ahead of Sam’s so we were basically the same age at Christmastime. So, just to show, like mother like daughter, here is my photo when I was Sam’s age. Everyone always tells me that Sam looks just like Mark, but I think here you can see a true resemblance. She makes the same cry face! Waaaahhhhh!!!!!!
