On that morning, Gracie was crabby and didn't want to go. She said she didn't have anything pretty enough to wear. Actually, she was jealous that Libby had a pretty Christmas dress and she didn't. Envy reared its ugly head and took over her mood. I said, fine, you don't have to go then.
She had plenty of nice things to wear but none were pretty Christmas dresses so there was no pleasing her. Arg.
Lexie and I took Libby and Charlie to see Santa and left Miss Crabbypants at home with her dad.
We entered the little dentist's office, and I mean the office is little, not the dentist. It was pretty crowded with a few people, several hygenists, some volunteer helpers, and a couple of craft vendors. A very sugared up and caffeinated woman wearing a clown/elf costume was making balloon animals for the kids. They loved that! While they got a balloon animal, I was confirming their next appointments. Slick, they were making and confirming appointments as you bottlenecked in the line right there. That elf was a double agent!
Once they had their balloons, one dog on a leash and one poodle, which we shall call "Pwooto" from now on, we were escorted back to see Santa.
They had their exam room all decorated and all of the dentist chairs and things were hidden behind wrapping paper. The room was dimmed, so it was hard to take photos. I had to provide my name and email address while the kids talked to Santa.
Neither one was scared, but Santa was nice and calm. He wasn't a very animated guy which was probably good in our case. It made him approachable.
Charlie told him that he wants a remote control flying bumble bee that shoots lasers out of it's eyes. And squirts too. Not to be outdone, Libby said she wants a flying fairy doll that goes like this: then she waved her arms around in all directions. He looked confused and I'm sure I did too. Love that they just make stuff up and think Santa's elves are going to make it.
I found out later that there really is a flying fairy doll and it's $35 if it isn't sold out. But, I don't think I really want three kids to get flying things for Christmas anyway. Can you imagine? I have a headache just thinking about it!
The kids really enjoyed their talk with Santa. Mostly, I couldn't hear what they said to each other what with Santa's soft mumbling and the kids being shy, but I think that's all they asked for. Great.
When they were done they were offered candy canes, cookies, donuts and hot (warm) chocolate. They were making sure these kids would return for a dental visit all right!
We swung by the school's outdoor craft market before heading home. It was raining and cold. The craft market had a handful of crafters selling their wares, and they were all outside. They were trying to keep their goods dry and their tent canopies from blowing away. We stayed for about a minute, if that. I guess we can say we went anyway.
We got home and Gracie was still in a rotten mood. Now worse than before because she missed seeing Santa. And, the kids walked into the house with balloon animals! Jealousy got worse! I thought it might be best to just let her be jealous and feel how awful that feels. Let her just stew and learn a lesson from it. If she had come with us, she would have a balloon animal too.
Keith said that's harsh. All right, maybe he's right. This is Santa, and he doesn't come very often. I shouldn't use him as a pawn to teach the kid a lesson. He's right.
Gracie ran upstairs and got dressed. Guess what, she looked really nice! I told her that she looked great and it would be the perfect outfit to see Santa. She got her balloon from the hyper elf, she wanted a flower with a heart in the middle. It was cute!
She spoke too softly to Santa for me to hear. They need to get a louder Santa. Or maybe give him some of whatever the elf out front was having. I have no idea what Gracie told Santa. She waved her arms around a bit; she probably wants something that flies.
She enjoyed her visit so much! And she was thrilled with her balloon. Mostly because she evened the score with the younger two.
After the Santa visit, we went to Kohls and did a bit of shopping. While she does have a few nice outfits, she doesn't have a Christmas dress, or a lot of anything really. She is growing so fast! For her school winter program the kids are to wear red, black and/or white. I told her we were going to just look and see if they had anything for the school program. She found a red dress that looks like a prom dress, and another black/white and pink dress that she could wear too. I bought both for her and a couple of shirts too. It won't be long and she won't be shopping in the children's section any more. She's shopping off the end of the rack now!
The balloons were all popped before noon. Darn things. All of the kids were crying about them for the remainder of the day. Otherwise, the Santa visits went really well. Even for the one who woke up jealous and crabby!
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