Highlights of Santa: Reese knows he has a beard, and that reindeer help him (although she was adamant that reindeer DO NOT have red noses), but she thinks he lives at the mall. This weekend, the fire department drove through the neighborhood on a fire truck with Santa atop. We heard the truck making the rounds in the neighborhood, and on our third attempt, Reese caught sight of him. She was pretty excited and talked about it the rest of the afternoon. Her synopsis of why he left? "I think he had to go back to the mall." Here's some video of her talking about Santa's drive around the neighborhood.
Speaking of the mall, we made our annual Santa visit on Tuesday morning. We arrived promptly at 10AM, fearing long lines and cranky children (both mine as well as others). We were third in line to see Santa, the girls were dressed in their matching Christmas dresses, everyone was fed and awake, and then Santa appeared. Reese cowered in fear, grabbed my hand and told me she wanted to go home. Suddenly the event she had been talking about for weeks, was too scary. We watched other children (both older and younger than Reese) sit on his lap without incident. But when her fear didn't abate, I put Paige on his lap, snapped a photo and called it quits. After all the effort to get two kids out the door to the mall, though, we stayed and had a soft pretzel for morning snack and then rode the indoor train.
Jesus: On Monday, Reese's school had their Christmas celebration parties and went on a hunt for baby Jesus. (They actually had a infant sibling play the role!) It was another event to remember for Reese. She's been telling us a lot about how baby Jesus was in a manger with his Mommy and Daddy (sometimes referred to as Mary and "I Forgot") and lots of animals.
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