Today we took Karis to the King of Prussia mall. We entered through a department store where she proceeded to wave at every person she saw. You see, we just got back from visiting both of our families for Thanksgiving. Karis has mastered waving and realized that if she waves to her family members, they will wave back. What she didn't realize was that perfect strangers will not wave back at her. She seemed to get a little discouraged by the lack of return waves before we reached the main mall entrance.
We made it to the line to see the one and only Santa. We have told Karis about Santa and even had a dry run at my parents house with a stuffed Santa. That all went perfectly fine. The video below picks up once we got to the front of the line to see Santa.
Santa is not her favorite yet... But at least we know for sure that she is on the list!
4 comments:
That's exactly what I expect Micah to do.
Tara and Drew: Good work. The only way for these kids to overcome their fear of Santa is to be immersed completely in the experience. You need to let go, as Tara did, and have them engage fully (whether they are crying or not, whether they are scared to death or not) in the Santa experience. This is not unlike the babies in communist Russia who were thrown into a swimming pool at a very young age so they would be used to the water. This, of course, is why they came to dominate Olympic swimming for so many years. If you continue to do just what you did at the King of Prussia Mall today, Karis will be destined for greatness.
Karis looks so cute. It was sad and funny seeing her reaction to Santa. She is going to love it when you show that video later in life!
Aww..how precious.
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