A Visit To Santa

Our good friend, Kristie's office was having a Christmas party and rumor had it that Santa was going to attend. "Oh boy, Kristie knows Santa" was the talk of our house for a few days and Kristie was a ROCKSTAR! So the day came and we grabbed Kristie and headed over to Bellevue. Every one was so nice and sweet and we sure had a great time. Here's Dylan meeting Olivia. I can just hear her now "Hi Olivia, I'm Dylan Clark. I like your dress."


"Hey Mom, look!".

After a few snacks and Christmas cookies - which reminds me of one of many funny stories from the day. When Dylan walked in she headed straight for the snack table and helped herself to a chocolate cookie with green frosting. She ate most of the cookie and then walked away distracted. A little while later Dylan came back over to the spot and saw a man eating the same kind of cookie and says "mom, oh no, that man is eating my cookie!". I thought the man was going to shoot cookie out of his nose he was laughing so hard. Thank god, no CPR was preformed.

Then came the big moment when Santa arrived! Let's just say up to this point Dylan was quite talkative about Santa and the two of them meeting. Upon his arrival she got a bit quiet and I thought "Uttoh". Santa soon settled into a cushy red chair and called all the kids over (about 25) to come sit around him and his little elf. He then called the first name to come get their present. After the second name was called, Dylan stands up (mind you I'm across the room) and says with her hands on her hips and then up in the air in a questionable position - "Hey Santa, I'm thinking you have a soccer team.". "Do you have a dog? I'm thinking you have 9 of them.". Oh man, classic Dylan, not a dry eye in the house. Then she sits down for a few minutes before standing up again and says "Hey Santa, where are your reindeer?".

Then the big moment - "Dylan" Santa says. She jumps up and runs right up and hops on Santas lap. Santa had done his homework and knew about Dylan's bike race so they talked a little about that. Then Santa asked what she's been into and her response "my little people" - Santa hadn't a clue that she was talking about her Fisher Price Little People so he said "You have your people and I have mine".


She got a little shy at the end but all in all it went well.

Then the next little boy who got called up didn't do so good, so Dylan jumped up for a little moral support.

Towards the end apparently Dylan was still full of questions as she jumped up and said "Hey Santa what are your reindeer's names?". She was now testing him - luckily he named them all. Her response "My dog is named Maggie.".

At the end all the kids opened their presents together - I can't believe Santa got 25 kids to all wait patiently to open their presents but he did. Dylan got a cute little alphabet machine which she thinks is so cool.



Thanks so much Kristie, what a fun time. And yes, Dylan still thinks you are a rockstar - we all do actually!