When we saw Santa last year, she agreed to stand in front of him for the picture - but she was keeping her eye on him over her shoulder at the same time. (2006)
But for months this year, Corinn has been telling us "I'm not scared of Santa any more. Or the Easter Bunny either.". She's always been afraid of anyone in costume - clowns, characters at theme parks, etc. Gabby was as a baby too - but by about 2 or 3, she got over her fear.
So, we kept reminding her about how brave she was going to be when she saw Santa and we'd talk about what she'd tell him she wants for Christmas, etc. Never the less, she clung to me as tightly as she could when Santa came in ringing his bells. She had totally forgotten how brave she was going to be and was shaking in fear again!
So at first she agreed to stand beside him for the picture - and even kept smiling when he put his arm around her (I totally expected her to freak when he did that for the pic)!
I was cool with that. I got my pic. :0) And she even whispered what she wanted for Christmas to him - of course while standing about a foot from him.
But after we had sat down and had snack, and the line of kids that was waiting for their turn with Santa had died down....Corinn decided she wanted to go back and try again. Check this out!
I even got a better pic! :0)
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