Several weeks ago I made arrangements for the 3 of us to go to "Lunch with Santa". I know that Lily is not a huge fan of Santa, but I still thought she might enjoy the lunch. Luckily, I was right. Lily had a great time...but had absolutely no interest in sitting on Santa's lap!
What Lily was interested in (that surprised Tony and me) was doing a little shopping in Santa's Secret Shop. The shop was for children only and no parents were allowed.
There were little elves at Santa's Secret Shop to help the children. Lily happily went with her elf to do a little holiday shopping for Mommy and Daddy. I think what sealed the deal for Lily was that the elves were older children and teenagers from a youth ballet troupe all dressed in their costumes from The Nutcracker. Lily LOVED that!
Before we left for lunch it started to snow a little. Lily was so, SO excited!! Lily said several times, "You know Mommy, winter hasn't even really started yet and it's already snowing." Who knew she was the Season Police?
When we left lunch Lily was ecstatic to see that it was still snowing. As we walked out the door the first thing Lily did was walk right over and pick up a hand full of snow and eat it! I guess she didn't get enough for lunch!!
The entire way home all Lily talked about was playing in the snow. As soon as we walked in the door she literally started getting undressed so she could put her snowsuit on. Lily just could not wait to go outside and frolic in the snow. Oh, and have Daddy pull her around in the sled!
While Tony and Lily were outside freezing I was inside nice and warm. No, I wasn't reading a book or taking a nap! I was making appetizers to take to the McDonnell Family Christmas Party. I'm not sure what it is about this party but it seems that "McDonnell Family Christmas Party" is synonymous with "bad weather". Seriously. Maybe my grandmother and her sisters were really from Iceland and not Ireland!! Anyway, you can almost guarantee whenever the party is scheduled the weather is going to be nasty. I think we might need to start having our family Christmas party in July!
Since it was so cold and icy I opted not to put Lily in one of her Christmas dresses. Instead, she went in jeans and a holiday vest. Lily was very disappointed to not get "all fancied up", but it was just too cold and slippery out to be fancy!
It's strange. When Santa appears at this party Tony always disappears. Go figure! This year for the very first time Lily willingly got within 10 feet of Santa. Unfortunately, I didn't get any good pictures and I am SOOOOO disappointed!
I think something is wrong with my camera. A few weeks ago when we were at the Irish Festival all the pictures I took indoors turned out blurry. I assumed I must of had the camera on the wrong setting. However, the same thing happened yesterday and I definitely had the camera set on "Party/Indoor".
To clarify, Lily didn't actually sit on Santa's (Daddy's) lap. She did get close enough to talk to Santa/Daddy and more importantly for her...to get a candy cane! It was priceless!!
Lily had absolutely no idea that Daddy was Santa. None. In fact, later Lily said to Tony, "Daddy, I'm so sorry you missed Santa. Here, let me show you what he did. Come on. Sit on my lap and tell me what you want for Christmas." I really wished I had videotaped the entire experience. It was so incredibly sweet.
To see posts about Lily's first two McDonnell family Christmas parties click here and here.
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