Since it's been a year (and more than half of his lifetime) since Liam last saw Santa, Daddy decided to take him to the KoP Mall to scope out the Big Guy after work one day last week. Dad did an awesome job getting Liam completely and totally psyched for this event! Instead of actually visiting Santa on that trip, they walked around where Santa sits and checked him out from afar (and as a side note, they even ran into one of Liam's friends Emily who he plays with every day at Miss Doreen's-- whose parents were doing the exact same thing!). By the time they returned home, Liam ran in the front door yelling "DANTA!!!!" with such excitement that from that point on, he insisted on wearing a Santa hat around the house until bedtime! This also came with the insistence that Mom and Dad wear Santa hats as well...
The promise of getting to see Santa over the weekend turned out to be a fantastic incentive to get Liam to be a good boy for the rest of the week. On Sunday afternoon, it was finally time. No surprise that his Santa hat was his must-have accessory for the trip (in case you couldn't tell, he really likes hats... and bonus when they're a little ridiculous). I don't think we will ever forget watching Liam running full-speed through the mall in that funny hat, yelling "DANTA!" at the top of his lungs while he searched for ol' St. Nick.
And finally-- a sighting from the second floor!
When it was his turn to meet Santa, he walked right up to him with wide eyes and whispered, "Danta..."! Santa put out his hand to give Liam a high-five, and Liam was all over that! It was such a sweet moment-- soon to be ruined by the over-zealous "elves" who busted out all these squeaky toys and turned Liam's excited smile into a totally forced "what the heck is going on here?" smile. The camera snapped on something somewhere in between:
Mission accomplished!
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