santa claus

santa claus

so we went christmas shopping last night. it was about 3pm.....it was nice.
we got all of our shopping done except for a couple people. one of those people is matts brother who lives in japan. he has been there for two years teaching english. so will be getting him something light weight...like a shirt. while out and about we saw santa claus. first off....to even get vanessa excited about leaving the house to go shopping (what two year says "go go shoppin'") i told her we were going to go see santa claus....she grabbed a hat, ran towards the door and was more than ready.....shouting words that sounded like 'santa claus'.....
as we made it through the mall....what did our wandering eyes see? a sleigh...empty. santa was across the way getting coffee.
vanessa was sooooo excited to see where santa "should" be. she said "wheres santa claus"...i pointed to the coffee shop....and she just stood there. disbelief.
mouth open, eyes big....she slowly waved. he waved back......
i asked her if she wanted to go see him....her feet where like 50 pound weights. would not move. in fact, she was done. she said "no".
we continued our shopping and occasionally ask "would you like to go see santa claus?" quickly she would respond "no".
it was starting to look like 6pm....EVERYONE was christmas shoppin'....and the line for santa claus was quite long. we stopped to wave bye-bye. and watched other children talk, laugh, hug, take pictures with santa claus....she just sat in her cart... mouth open, eyes big.
i think what it came down to was....I wanted the santa claus picture. vanessa was happy keepin her distance...observing. which she is rather good at.
so, next year!!! (thank goodness i didnt buy christmas cards where you had to insert a picture. i was totally thinking i was going to use the coveted santa calus photo)