Saturday, December 20, 2008

The Santa Phenomenon

Ever noticed what a popular dude Santa is ... until you ask a toddler to sit on his lap, that is! Camden did pretty well with it last year, but this year? Not so much.

Now, mind you, Camden and I have been mall-walking for months (that's what we do for exercise when it's cold outside), and for weeks Camden has been mesmerized by the Santa area in each mall, even announcing when we pull into the mall parking lot, "Mommy, I need to go see Santa now" (from a safe distance, perched on the edge of his stroller seat as we walk by at quite a brisk pace, though). For the official lap-sitting, we waited for Santa to visit our church Christmas party b/c it's free and familiar surroundings, but he was still not a fan of getting up close and personal with the jolly old elf!

This is about as close as we got to the traditional sitting-on-Santa's lap pic. Love the no-makeup Mommy, who was NOT expecting to be in the picture.

He agreed to give Santa "five," but then he took the m&ms and ran.

His best friend, Jackson, who is a little older, even tried to guide him over...

But, nope! No lap-sitting for Camden. He definitely has a mind of his own.

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