Abby has been all over the map with her gift requests this year. She's discovered a few new TV shows and they all have commercials. Lots and lots of toy commercials. She also loves to look at any catalog or newspaper ad that has anything remotely to do with toys. Needless to say, she wants EVERYTHING.* So, we had done a little prepping (and guiding) to try and narrow things down. After much nudging and coaching**, Abby was all set to ask for a leappad, Barbie stuff and things for her baby dolls. Maybe even a game or two. Then, Abby went right up to Santa and, after the small talk, asked for a Pocahontas doll. WHAT?!? Nowhere, in any media source she had seen, was there a Pocahontas doll. At least we went with enough time left before Christmas, so Santa's elves can find/make one of those?
However, in what was perhaps the best moment of the evening (at least for Dan and I), Santa told her to stay away from boys. (He'd gone through all the other, be good, eat your veggies stuff, too) I could hardly contain my laughter. Even Santa knows my daughter is boy crazy.***
So that was Abby. Austin just cried. He was happy, right until we put him on Santa's lap. Then he screamed. What did I do? Instead of rescuing my very distraught son, I stood back and told Abby to smile so they could take a picture. Because I am a good mom. And because if I hadn't, you wouldn't be able to enjoy this:
*Though, I do love that a lot of the commercials throw in the line at the end that says, "You must be 18 to order." To Abby this means she has to be 18 to own one. Since she has no concept of age 18, it makes sense. She does, however, ask if she can get whatever it happens to be when she turns 18.
** We had gone to a local park's holiday event, and there was a Santa there. When Abby approached him, she asked for a bell from his sled. We had watched The Polar Express the day before.
***As an update to the whole "boyfriend" thing- Abby randomly told me that she was going to marry Flynn (name changed to protect the innocent) in her second wedding. When I asked about the first wedding, she giggled and told me I was silly. She was marrying her brother first, then she was going to have another dress and wedding so she could marry Flynn. Duh. (she didn't really say "duh" but her facial expression did)
