Gracie Meets Santa

As it usually is when we visit Grandma—the day was very busy! Since Mariah didn’t have school today, she came over around 9:30 this morning, to a very excited Gracie. We decided to head to the mall early since neither of the girls had seen Santa this season. Gracie was very excited to see the train, but not as thrilled to come face to face with a chubby man in red with plenty of facial hair.

Mom rode with the girls on the train, and then let Mariah and Gracie ride by themselves when I wasn’t looking!! But Gracie was a good girl and held Mariah’s hand the whole time as they say in the engine car with a friendly “engineer.” (Mall employee)

When it came time to visit Santa, Gracie was more interested in the toys that they were using as props. The friendly photographers let Gracie have a toy and sit next to Santa in a little rocking chair instead of on his lap while Mariah told Santa her wish list.

After having lunch in the car, (the mall was too packed and we couldn’t find a place to sit!!!), we headed home for a nap.

Tonight, the girls got to open gifts from Grandma and Grandpa. Gracie got a Geo Tracks train set, a pink engineers hat, a leapfrog word toy and plenty of cute outfits. Mariah got a sand art kit, and knitting loom, and a computer game as well as some clothes.

Tomorrow, the schedule begins again! We will have a family get together around 6pm, and we are looking forward to having the family together again.

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