December 14: A Visit with Santa

Our visit with Santa this year was a 50% success! We had done a practice run at Shawnee Mall the night before, and neither one of them cried, although I was holding LilliAnn the entire time at this visit. They were both excited to see Santa, especially Reid! The next day when we went to get our picture taken with Santa at Penn Square mall, this happened...LilliAnn screaming and Reid cheesing! I love how Reid has his hand on Lil's little knee! He kept saying, "It's ok sissy. It's ok. It's just Santa Clause."

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He wanted to make sure that he told Santa what he wanted this year for Christmas! He told Santa that he had been good and that he wanted a "wakeboard and a rope," and that sissy wanted a "pink baby doll."

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He has always been such a serious kid! It takes a lot for me to get him to smile for pictures!!

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Reid's 1st Christmas - 2008

It was all smiles for Reid when he visited Santa at 8 months old!

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LilliAnn's 1st Christmas - 2010

Sissy didn't have the joy on her face that Reid did on his first visit with Santa! She wasn't so sure of this strange man in red! Reid was 2 1/2 years old last year and WAS NOT getting near Santa. I couldn't even carry him to Santa's lap for a crying picture! Hence, there's no picture of Reid with Santa on his 3rd Christmas.

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Reid's 2nd Christmas -2009

Reid was the exact age in this picture that LilliAnn was this year. They pretty much had the exact same Santa experience at this age.