Christmas Activity – A Visit to Santa

Andrew is out of town for a couple of days this week so I thought it would be a good time for Julia and I to have a special day together.  She’s actually been asking about seeing Santa so today seemed like a perfect day to do it.  We started by getting dressed up in a Christmas-y outfit:

 

Then we headed to the mall to meet Grandma Laurie and see Santa Claus!  J was very excited and kept telling me that she was going to ask him for a blue house and pom-poms.  The pom-poms have been a request for awhile (she apparently doesn’t think she has enough of them, even though they are literally all over our house) but I’m not sure where the blue house request came from – it was new this morning.  The visit itself went pretty well; she was a little shy but did go up and sit next Santa and took a cute photo:

When he actually asked her what she would like for Christmas she told him “trains.”  So we’ll have to wait and see what Santa decides to bring this year!  After that, we had a little shopping to do but first, she noticed the carousel in the mall.  As you’ll recall a few days ago she was not happy at all to be on a carousel but today she was excitedly requesting to go on it.  The difference I believe:

… this carousel had a bunny for her to ride!!!

After that we did our shopping, said goodbye to Grandma and had a special lunch out.  We went to Newport Creamery where Julia had a hamburger and ice cream (with M&Ms and whipped cream, of course!).

  She ended the lunch by “doing yoga” (her words)! 

While it may look it here, her demeanor was definitely not zen-like!  It was a really fun morning, filled with smiles and laughs and silliness – overall a great outing!