To be fair…J2 never wanted his picture taken with a
mall Santa either. Sure we had one taken his first Christmas (he was almost 1)
when he didn’t know any better.
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| Doesn't he look thrilled. |
After that…NO WAY JOSE! He would stand a good distance away and yell
his ‘wish list’ (which consisted of Duplo and apple pears) to Santa. Oh how I wish
his list was the same now. *sigh*
So it was with great relief that we never had to
think about taking Riley to sit on Santa’s knee. But…and there is always a but…back in the days when there was a company kids Christmas party complete with Santa and presents? Yah. That. J2 would bravely go up and sit on Santa’s knee. After all…there was a present
involved. Riley?? Ummmmm…not so much.
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| Age 3 |
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| Age 4 - The closest we got was the edge of the stage. You may notice my teeth are clenched and I had the vise grip on R. ;) |
Two years ago Riley surprised us. At his Special
Olympics Christmas bowling night Santa made a surprise visit. G and I were
naturally freaking out as R had
never, EVER wanted to go near Santa. When they called his name we were prepared
for him to refuse to go up. And then it happened. Riley bounded up out of his
seat and onto Santa’s knee with THE biggest smile on his face.
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| Never say never. |
Today Riley and his cousin Sara went Christmas
shopping together. I hinted to Sara that R may be willing to get his picture
taken with Santa. Look what they brought home. LOOOOK!!!!!
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| My eyes...MY EYES!!! I think I have something in MY EYES!!! |
She said Santa was most impressed with Riley's Christmas list. Why yes. Of course he recited a number of his DVDs. Not his entire list but enough to impress Santa.
Our SECOND Christmas Miracle!! :D
What a great photo!
ReplyDeleteThanks Christine!! I particularly like his natural smile. ;)
DeleteHa! Look at that smile! :) What a guy.... he sure does know how to keep you all guessing!
ReplyDelete-Lauren :)
Oh yea....he definitely keeps us guessing but you know that!! Now if only he realizes that sticking out his neck doesn't get him closer to the camera. :P
Deleteyeah mine are all the screaming child leaning as far away as possible from Santa too. I gave up.
ReplyDeleteOne year, my middle daughter sat on MRS Santa's knee. close enough.
the only good one was my eldest - the boy - no way he was going to risk not getting what he wanted from Santa.
Hahaha....funny isn't it. I'm thinking there are a LOT of kids who don't like getting their picture taken with the big guy in red yet....
ReplyDeleteAll the best to you and yours this holiday season Les!!! <3