Santa Take 2

One of the things I've been so thankful for up until recently was the fact that the girls never really asked for anything in stores. She'd go shopping with you, but she would never say "I want X." But by encouraging her to think about what she wanted from Santa for Christmas, I think I awoke that tendency in her. Over the past few weeks, she's been saying "I want" a lot more, especially in stores. It came to a head about a week ago in Target when she saw Princess Barbie dolls at the checkout. She kept saying "I want a Barbie" over and over, and I ended up carrying her out crying from the store.

Telling her that Christmas was coming and she didn't need anything right then didn't seem to help. She then decided she need to tell Santa that she wanted a Barbie, so she needed to go back to the mall and see him again. So to the mall we went this afternoon....the line was quite a bit longer than the last time. She waited for over an hour to sit on the big guy's lap to tell him she wanted a Snow White Barbie. When it was finally our turn (she never once complained about how long it was taking), she went up, sat on his lap.



Here's how the conversation went:

Santa: Hi.
Alyssa: Where are your reindeer?
Santa: Where are my reindeer? They're on the roof. There's no room for them in here. Have you been a good girl?
Alyssa: Mmhmm
Santa: Do you pick up all your toys?
Alyssa: Mmhmm
Santa: What would you like for Christmas?
Alyssa: Socks, a Barbie, and snow.

Got to love her. I sure hope Santa brings her a Barbie doll! We'll have to wait and see...

On another note, Aaron and I took turns taking Lauren into different stores to keep her occupied. While I was in one store, she all of a sudden said "Uh oh" and turns around looking. I said "Uh oh what?" and turned around and looked. There on the floor about 5 feet back was Lauren's show. I went and grabbed it and said "You little stinker" and she gave me that smile that only she can give. Good thing she said "Uh oh!", but she's a sneaky little cutie!