Visit with Santa

Last night we took Claire to Northpoint Mall to get her picture taken with Santa.  She was so well behaved for the hour that we had to wait.  She sat in her stroller and played with her toys and watched the other children in line.  Then we got to Santa, and here's what happened...

She was fine when Matt put her in Santa's lap, but then the photographer made a noise to get her to look toward the camera and she broke down.  Everyone was very nice and let us take her aside to calm her down while some other families took their turn, but by that point she associated Santa with scary noises and cried again when Matt handed her over.

She felt much better when safe in Daddy's arms.

 

And she learned an important lesson--chocolate makes everything better!