Amelia's Santa Visit

Amelia and I went to visit Santa today, and it was our best visit with Santa yet! This was the first time she actually talked to him. I was so proud of her! She told him she wanted "Toy Story toys" and then proceeded to list every character in the movie. :-)

This isn't her "official" Santa photo, but I was able to get a few good shots. I wish you could have seen the smile on her face when she was finished talking to Santa. I think she was proud of herself, too!





A Little Mom Note:

Let me tell you...the Santa at Mall of Georgia is AWESOME. We saw him two years ago, and he was great with a very hesitant Amelia and sat in the floor so she might be more likely to walk over to him. Yesterday, the little boy in front of us was throwing a FIT, and Santa was so patient with him and bribed him with candy canes. :-) And...as long as you make a minimum purchase, you can take as many photos as you want with your own camera.

Last year, we went to the one at North Point, and it was not a great experience. Santa made no effort to interact with the kids other than saying, "What do you want for Christmas?" AND they let you take ONE photo with your own camera if you make a purchase. So if that one photo isn't good (and ours wasn't), well, too bad for you.

It's good to know these things, right?