Friday, December 18, 2009

Maggie met Santa

Well, we've hit a mile-stone this year. Maggie was so afraid of Santa last year that I couldn't even walk down the wing of the mall where he was because she would scream! 
Jenny Mason called and asked if we could bring Maggie to take photos with Santa for marketing. I was excited for the opportunity to have her photos take with Santa, but also worried that Maggie would repeat last year and be so afraid of him that she wouldn't get near him.
Luckily, we had a week's notice, so I spent the week reminding Maggie how 'nice' Santa is, and that he brought her her pink kitchen last year (she just remembers he took away her binkies to get the kitchen- that also made me more worried she wouldn't like him!) I also told her that if she wasn't afraid of him and took pictures with him on his lap, that he would give her a candy cane and a present!
The things this girl will do for sugar....  at the end of the photo shoot, Santa gave her a purple Barbie, but she asked him for a candy cane! Luckily he had one, she may not have forgiven him if he hadn't had one!! The photo shoot was great, Maggie now has overcome her fear of Santa, and we ended up with these Fabulous photos!!  Thank You Jenny Mason!!