The Official Santa Visit

Each year, the girls look forward to visiting the guy in the red suit.  They thoughtfully compile their lists and hand them over to me so I can solidify them on paper with identifying pictures.  The pictures really help with my soft talking girls.  Santa never seems to hear them.

This year was another one of those sweet Christmas moments.  My girls were dressed in their pretty dresses with lists in hand.  When we arrived at the mall, Santa was without a line.  Thus, every girl was given lots of time and attention.  Each girl carefully went over their lists but that was not before a Santa Q&A.

Santa asked the girls if they had anything they would like to tell them and Savannah and Lila took this as an opportunity to get some of their Santa questions answered.  Sitting next to Santa was his big red pack and Savannah politely asked Santa, "How do you get your sack to grow so that it fits all of the toys?"  Santa responded with a story about sprinkling water which left my girls wide-eyed.  Lila followed up Savannah's question with, "How do you go up chimneys?"  I thought that was a very appropriate question/observation for my five year old.  Santa explained that he twinkles his nose before he shoots up the chimneys.  Needless to say, my girls felt that they had entered into a new level of their relationship with Santa.  They felt that he had TOLD his secrets.

Here are some pictures of the girls asking their questions, sharing their lists and loving Mr. Claus.  

 We got a nice picture too!

Just for the record, the following are the girls' lists.