It's just not fair... I have to share Amelia's first experience visiting Santa...It is one for the record. As you can see, Amelia was in great anticipation of seeing Santa before Christmas and was so excited overall. When asked what she would do she said that she would sit on Santa's lap and give him a big hug and then ask for Pizza and Candy. It sounded great and she seemed up to the task... so after a good wait in line as the children before us saw Santa, it was Amelia's turn. We went into the visiting area and Amelia was ready for her visit...she promptly walked right up to Santa's open arms and climbed up into his lap. We could over hear her and him talking and they were getting along great. The photographer was taking pictures and they looked like they were going to be perfect photos... Dana and I were so happy how it was all going. Then Amelia received her candy cane from Santa and gave him a big hug and hopped off his lap, came over to us and said that she was ready to go. Great... couldn't have been better!!! Amelia and Dana decided to go out to the car and I waited the few minutes it would take to get the photo card of Amelia and Santa. As I stood there, the lady at the desk said "What is your last name again?" I said, "McNeil." Then she said, "Um, are your children still here??" I replied with "She is leaving but I can get..." So I wave Dana back as he is heading out the door with our little daughter. As they are coming back, the lady says "Something happened and the photos, they are not there... we can get you right in to see Santa, again, you won't have to wait in the line." As Amelia and Dana came back over to me I started to tell Amelia how exciting it is that she gets to see Santa, AGAIN!!!! Well, then it was all over, Amelia had already got to see Santa and she was not interested in seeing him again. She was crying and so upset as we walked back into the area of photos...so after all that good time she had with Santa, she didn't want to see him again. We did manage to get her to sit in his lap again while we tried to get her to smile so we could get a half way decent photo... but it will never be like those moments just 15 minutes before that would have been excellent, as was her experience...The experience was then tainted with tear streaked cheeks and "I don't want to see Santa, again" cries. Poor little Amelia... she was such a trooper to begin with and here we have to talk her into doing the whole thing over again. The photo of Amelia and Dana is when we were waiting in line to see Santa.
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