much (MUCH) to our surprise, von sat on santa's lap!
ma & pa were here visiting this weekend, so ma, von & i headed to the mall for a bit. we were walking past santa, and i thought i would just point him out from afar, perhaps a wave or a small santa discussion would ensue. as soon as von saw him, he wanted to go say hi. so we walked closer. then he asked to see santa. i figured we'd stand in line for a few minutes and he'd change his mind as it approached our turn. nope, our little von was pretty much infatuated with santa - staring at him, just waving and smiling. (seriously, if you could have seen him in october with his fear of santa, you'd be amazed by this too). anyways, von's turn came and i walked up with him. he shook santa's hand and said hi and told him his name is von. then santa asked what he wanted for Christmas ... to which von replied MAC-N-CHEESE. holy cow i almost lost it (both laughing and crying with the emotions that swarmed me). he then told santa that he'd make sure ollie didnt bark when he came to deliver the presents and maybe he'd like a truck or car too.
von then sat on santa's lap (begin his first hesitation here), and we snapped a quick photo-op (with some mom convincing that everything was ok).
von told pa & daddy the story about sitting on santa's lap when we got home for dinner, a few times over.
i'm just so happy that von enjoyed santa ... and the keepsake that i'll hold in my heart forever about asking for mac-n-cheese for Christmas :)
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