Well, it all started with a wardrobe malfunction. Let me start at the beginning. Kayden has a wardrobe fit for a princess, for sure. She has dresses, jeans, tu-tus, lace, spandex, glitter, boots, etc. etc. etc.! She has so many dresses, but unfortunately they are summer dresses and not appropriate for her winter pictures with Santa Clause! I had my eye on a few cute little holiday dresses at Target that were really cute, but I never quite talked myself into purchasing any of them. Last weekend I realized that I was up against the clock if I was going to have Kayden meet Santa. I decided to go pick up one of the dresses that caught my eye. To my complete surprise, Target was totally picked through!! 🙁 I ended up going for what I thought was a cute gray sweater dress, white tights (her first pair!) and some black dressy shoes. When I got home I left the dress on it’s hanger and put it in the closet until today. I really have to mentally prepare to brave the crowds and stand in line for what I know will end up in tears- hers or mine is always the question though! So after I am showered and everything is ready to be packed into the car, I put Kayden in her new dress. And this was my surprise:
Kayden fits right in with the Golden Girls!!
It didn’t matter, I was on a mission to see Santa! So floor length sweater dress or not, we were going to see that man!! We made it to the mall at 10:30 and I swear there were less than 10 kids in front of us, but it took us over an hour to meet Mr. Clause! I should mention that as we stood second in line he decided to do a brief wave to all of the children before he disappeared to take his 20 minute break! That was a lot of fun for Kayden because she got to show off her sweater ensamble to EVERYONE in line. A proud moment for her mother, that’s for sure!
After Santa returned from his break Kayden waved to him and giggled as we waited the last few minutes before it was sure to be our turn. Once we were up I told the girl, no older than 16 years old, that Kayden was going to freak out and that she would need to snap that camera as fast as she could! Santa sweetly pats his right leg to signal to me where to put Kayden. As his hand slowly rises and falls on his leg Kayden’s grip on my arm fastens tighter than she has ever gripped me before! I peeled her off of me, set her on Santa, and ran out of the shot!
Sweeter dress- $15. Tights- $5. Dressy shoes that click when she walks- $16. Kayden’s candid response to the jolly man that does nothing but bring presents and joy to children each Christmas- PRICELESS!!
Good thing her recovery time is pretty quick because we had some shopping to do after this traumatic experience! A candy cane was all this little lady needed!
Santa might have been terrifying this year, but fingers crossed that next year Kayden will be a little more accepting!
