HO HO HO!!!

The BEST thing about going to see Santa in the upside-down land of Oz is........

NO LINES!

That's right! 4:00pm on a Saturday in December at a major department store and we walked right in. How about that?! I am used to a 45 minute wait at the Galleria and a rushed and probably teary-eyed toddler visit to see the Big Man. We all went into Santa's private room and had a nice long chat before I sat Chloe next to him (all the while still holding her hand). We had talked about Santa, read books, looked at pictures, watched videos and practiced "Ho Ho Hoing" enough that I think she was pretty into actually seeing him. Luckily they had some Sesame Street dolls sitting around and Marc grabbed one and waved it behind the camera so we got a good smile out of her. Pretty impressive for a 19 month old I have to admit!

I will post the Santa pics when we upload them from the disk that we bought but in the meantime...here are pictures of the train ride that she took after her visit. Yes, as an added surprise the kiddos got to go into a special area with a "choo choo", Christmas videos, giant tree, slide and play area. Chloe was just tall enough to go on the train by herself and I felt like I was sending her off to kindergarten as I watched it pull away. I would run around to different points to wave and call to her so she wouldn't be scared but she did so great. She only started to cry when it was over! Oh my little girl is growing up and I just want to freeze time! Someone please remind me that it really does keep getting better and better... cause it's pretty darn good right now!