Overcoming FEARS

For the last 6 months Evas has been talking about not wanting Christmas to come because she didn't want Santa to say HO, HO, HO. She has always had a hard time with Santa ever since the first time she sat on his lap when she was 3 months old. So everytime she would bring up Santa, I would try to explain that Santa is about giving and that Christmas is really about Jesus and Family; ya know all of the important things.

In the last couple of weeks she had kind of warmed up to the idea of Santa coming to our house (as long as she was asleep when he came). She even wrote a letter to him, but she did not want to have to see him.

So when Santa showed up at our family Christmas party on Sunday, Eva was really nervous. But after watching Stella sit on his lap and seeing how happy she was, Eva took the plunge and climped up on his lap. She even talked to him!! After she was so excited and NOT scared anymore. I was almost in tears, because this has seriously been SUCH a big deal for a long time!


GG Mary trying to talk Eva into it . . .


Stella - smiley as ever


Eva overcoming her FEARS


SOOOOOOOO HAPPY that she got a candy cane!


Stella wishing Santa had given her a candy cane!


Now she can't wait to make cookies for Santa! Having a 3 year old is so magical . . . I love it!