Success!!

After our church Christmas program yesterday, Santa showed up! We have a wonderful man from our church who dresses up as Santa during the holidays and he made his appearance. I was so hoping that Halle would maybe recognize him and feel comfortable sitting on his lap, since every time she sees Santa, she talks about NOT wanting to go by him. The more Santa lingered around, the more comfortable Halle got. So we decided to take a family pic with him and she quietly but seriously sat on his lap without saying a word. Unfortunately, we don't have that picture yet. But a few minutes after that, all she said was that she wanted to see Santa again and that she wanted to "hold him." So here we go- she let him pick her up and she talked to him and told him, "I want to buy candy for Christmas." He told her all about Jesus birthday and how he comes to remind the kids that that is the reason we celebrate Christmas. It was so precious for me to watch, and she even gave him a kiss! So here's Halle with Santa, at 2 1/2- she wouldn't stop talking about him on the way home from church.
"Santa come to my house when I wake up and bring me presents. Santa have white gloves, I love white gloves...he's a nice man!"