We have been very busy lately preparing for Christmas and at the same time creating our own family traditions around the holiday. A tradition I had growing up was each year my mom would take me to see the Dayton's 8th floor display and then we would pick out a new ornament for our tree. We have continued this tradition with Addie and went to see A Day in the Life of an Elf last weekend. She really enjoyed the display and had fun running around to each of the different scenes with her friend, Ava.
We have also made two trips to see Santa - yes, two trips. The first time we went to Macy's downtown and anxiously waited in line with many other children to see Santa. When it was Addie's turn they brought us into a room and Santa was there waiting! Apparently seeing this large, old man sitting in this room was quite scary for Addie because she started crying almost immediately. She threw such a fit that they didn't even attempt to take a photo - not even a family photo! I was pretty upset at the thought of not having a picture of Addie with Santa, especially since we had been looking at last year's picture, talking about Santa, reading about Santa - I thought I was doing all the right things! So we decided to try again at the mall where it was more open and she could see all the other kids sit with Santa while she waited in line. When we got there Addie was so excited! She was waving to Santa, yelling "Hi Santa!" and talking about all the toys Santa had with him. When it was finally Addie's turn she ran up to him and asked right away to see his Elmo doll. He pulled it out for her and she grabbed it and ran away! He pulled out an Elmo book to lure her back, but it was still all over. She started again with the tears, screaming, and running away. The only time we got her back near Santa was to give back his Elmo doll and she quickly ran away again. Before we left, she yelled out "Bye-bye Santa!" loud enough for the entire mall to hear and that was it.
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