I realized last night that I never blogged about Elizabeth's first visit to Santa Claus...better late than never! We (well really just me) decided that we should visit the Macy's Santa Claus in NYC. I knew it could be risky given how insane Macy's there is during the holidays, but I wanted our first trip to be special - it's funny how many things we have done "for Elizabeth" that she could obviously care less about at this point;) Anyway, we met David after work on the first Friday of December. Once we made our way up 8 escalators to the very top floor, we were thrilled to hear the line was only 30 minutes! The elf told me on the weekends it can get up to 4 hours! Macy's has a really neat setup, as you are in line, you walk through the North Pole and there are plenty of things to for kids to look at and stay occupied. They also have multiple Santas, so when it's your turn, the elf escorts you to a private room - genius idea, I would hate to think of the line if they only had one Santa Claus!
Elizabeth was awake for about 5 minutes in line and then she passed out.
Right before we walked in to see Santa she woke up - which explains the confused look on her face. Let me preface these pictures by saying that with the exception of the picture of just Elizabeth and Santa Claus, they are hideous. I can see these pictures ending up in some awkward Christmas photo display, or on the Ellen show when she makes fun of awkward family photos. But, at the bargain price of $50 (!!!!!!) for 3 photos, and a memorable event, we had to buy them.
Every time I look at the one of the 3 of us with Santa I crack up, I don't know what's worse - the look on my face, or the way David is sitting! And, I have to be honest when I say I was a little disappointed that Elizabeth wasn't screaming when she sat on Santa's lap...I LOVE pictures of little kids crying with Santa (yes, I know, so mean but so true). We had such a nice time, and I can't wait until next year when she is older and understands more.
The whole experience was exhausting as you can tell based on the Path train ride home:)
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