…. but that doesn’t mean she wants to sit on his lap!

Hahaha!!

We went to a local shopping center to say look for new books for Elayna (she loves using her birthday book money – a gift card – to pick out a book once every week or so) and decided to stop by and say hi to Santa.

Elayna was quite interested in him.
First she waved at him and called “Hi Santa” from the sidelines.
Then she watched a couple of other girls get their pictures with him.
Then she finally agreed to walk over to him and talk. She listened to him and talked a little and was very fascinated with his sleigh bells…. but every time we asked her if she was ready to sit on his lap and take a picture, she sternly said “NO!” and shook her head. She wasn’t going for it. After a few minutes (we were lucky there wasn’t a line of kids waiting) they suggested she sit on a big present box next to Santa, and she happily obliged.

My little girl certainly has an opinion these days…. and I’m so glad. Just because she liked Santa didn’t mean she wanted to climb up there and sit on his lap. 🙂