Visiting Santa

A couple Saturdays ago we decided to take Ali to the mall to meet Santa. Her history with Santa has been less than happy. Every visit seems to be accompanied with wailing and gnashing of teeth. So, we decided to prepare ourselves. We had a couple practice runs at home with Mom. When we got there they had a sample picture up of a little girl sitting on Santa's lap and smiling which we made sure to point out. Ali did great! I could tell she was feeling a little shy/scared but she didn't cry and, as you can see, she even smiled- sort of. Anyway, Santa asked her what she wanted for Christmas. She said she wanted the Cinderella Movie. It was a good thing that a little elf put that idea into her head because it just so happened that as we were at Costco the day before, that movie slipped right into our cart. It's a Christmas miracle.