Little Miss Santa Clause

It is done.  The ebay auction ended - without too much action I might add.  Gaga, Hillary and Adrienne bid basically and no one else as far as I could tell even looked at it.  I was really hoping that someone we didn't know would bid on it because a) they wanted the stuff and/or b) they wanted to help realize a sweet little girls dream, but alas, we were left with our friends and family.  Thank you and I'm sorry it was left to you dear friends and family!  The winning bidder was Adrienne Hirst with a nice big $40!  Thanks Adrienne!  Combine that with the ten dollars Mia rounded up in her room and I threw in an extra 10 to help her out at the store and she had a pretty decent stash of cash. 

Just after school we headed up to the mall to get her and Lennon's picture with Santa Clause.  I asked her in the car what she was going to ask him for and she thought for a minute and said "I really don't want anything except a cross necklace and to be with my family."  How could he say no to that?  Unfortunately I designated the cross necklace to someone else, so she won't be getting that from Santa, so we'll have to find a good way to explain that one.  Pictures went pretty well.  Not really a smile from Lennon, but he wasn't screaming either.  After that we went shopping!

Mia did a great job.  She had several ideas of what she wanted to get.  She had mentioned shoes, blankets, hats and gloves and toys.  In the end she purchased a little block toy set from Fisher Price, some cute little pink flats, Disney Princess snow boots, fuzzy warm house slippers, a sweet little touch and feel book, a set of matching hat, gloves and scarf and a nice warm pink fleece blanket called "the softest microfleece blanket"  so we thought it must be pretty soft.  :)  I pretty much let her lead the way with what she bought.  I advised as little as possible directing her away from $30 shoes and toward the just as nice but less expensive shoes.  Other than that she chose and paid for everything she wanted.  She even carried her money around with her and went up to the counter herself and checked out.  She was so cute!  I'm super proud of her.  She said at breakfast that she hopes when she grows up she will have a little girl that is sweet like her.  I think she probably will. 

The awesomest teeny carousel we've found yet.  Lennon did not want to get off.  They rode twice and then he had to be ripped crying from the steering wheel of the little train.

Mia with her booty