Let's go see Santa!

We took Amber to the fancy mall in downtown Portland on Saturday.  She saw Santa and was very excited to see him. We told her that we will see Santa on Monday. 

Monday afternoon comes. I meet Sandi and Amber at the chiropractic office where Santa is hanging out.  As I'm taking her out of the car, she is talking about seeing Santa. 

We walk in.  There's Santa!

We approach Santa.  Suddenly, Santa isn't so cool anymore.

We place Amber on Santa's lap and our little pumpkin begins to cry. 

We quickly take Amber off Santa's lap and set her down to look at the massive Christmas tree filled with donated toys.  Fortunately, the tears dry off soon as she finds a stuffed panda under the tree.  Suddenly, she needs to show the panda to Santa, but she can only get so close before the train starts coming off the tracks.  Instead of handing the panda bear to Santa, she stays a safe distance and throws the panda bear at him.  The she starts telling him about sticky spiderwebs and they have a great discussion about sticky spiderwebs. 

By now, Amber has recovered enough for a family photo with Santa (as long as she is with mommy).

When Amber went back to the chiropractic office for her scheduled appointment on Wednesday, she asked about Santa and was disappointed he wasn't there.

This was last year's Santa photo.  It turned out so well, the office used it to promote Santa this year.