TANTA!!

We went and saw Santa today! Tanta as Morgan calls him is amazing at the King of Prussia Mall! He takes his time with the kids and seems to be very easy going! As we stood in the line waiting to see Santa we continuously prepped Morgan to tell Santa what she wanted for Christmas. "What do you want for Christmas little girl?" "ELMO" "and" "ICKEY" (Mickey). We figured she had it down after rehearsing...100 times... The girl in front of us looked to be about 3 years old and would not look at Santa, would not look at the camera and would not smile. She sat on Santa's knee with a look of "who is this and why am I sitting here" expression. Her Dad and grandfather tried tirelessly to get her to just look at the camera to no avail. Their picture (if they got one) would be Santa smiling nicely and the top of the little girl's head... oh boy... then it was our turn! We sat RJ on Santa's lap and then sat Morgan down. He asked her what she wanted and with a little prompting from Momma she was able to tell him Elmo and Icky (mickey). I moved away so the picture could be taken! He said something to Morgan and with a distinct I am not answering you look turned her nose up and turned her head away. She looked back to the camera but refused to smile...so as you can see in the picture we have the pattened Morgan expression...and RJ is staring pleasantly at the camera. It could have been a lot worse! She didn't try to jump down, she didn't start screaming or crying, she didn't try to steal his glasses, and she didn't try to pull his authentic beard. All in all it was a great Santa experience for all of us!

We walked around the mall for a little while taking in the last minute shoppers and the beautiful holiday decorations hung throughout the mall. It was so nice to be out as a family! Recently Bob has been working a lot of overtime so I feel like we haven't had any good quality family time together! We had it today...even if only for a couple hours!