The Lee Family: Santa!

Sunday, December 15, 2013

Santa!

Yesterday morning we met Lyla and her girls, Lilly and Chloe at Bass Pro Shop to hang out together and visit Santa. We met last year and wanted to keep up the tradition that we've done with Sofia for the past several years. Although we arrived at 10am, our time card to see Santa wasn't until 1230pm, so we walked around Bass Pro, let the girls write Santa a letter, draw, ride the reindeer carousel, watch the fish and browse before heading to grab an early lunch at Uncle Buck. After lunch, we returned to Bass Pro and got into line to see Santa.

For the past three years that we've visited Santa at Bass Pro, it's always been the same Santa....except this year. Sofia immediately noticed and asked why the "real" Santa wasn't there. So, we explained that Santa has so much to do that he lets other men who look like him pretend that they are him so that all the kids can see him...it seemed to work. Meanwhile, Olivia was still a bit uncertain about what she thought of Santa in general. I tried talking up how friendly and nice Santa is and how much he loves to meet new kids.

Lilly and Chloe visited Santa first and then Olivia and Sofia got their turn. Santa immediately set Olivia on his lap and then started talking to Sofia while she stood. The entire time he talked, Olivia just sat there and looked at him trying to figure out this Santa thing. After a bit, Santa put Sofia on his lap and took a picture. It turned out so cute! I asked Sofia what she and Santa talked about and she said "horses" and how much she loves them. After our time with Santa, we headed home. What a fun day!

Olivia at the North Pole!