Santa arrived by firetruck!

Today, at our mall, Santa arrived! He came by firetruck and there was a little parade that followed him to the food court. I really thought Noelani was going to be afraid of him! I had been prepping her all week, pointing out snowmen and Santa Clause items at the stores. This morning she held up a decoration that was of Santa, and screamed SNOWMAN! Hey - I guess she was in the same "family" haha!!

The marching band played right before Santa came in

We got to the mall about 45 minutes before Santa arrived. Noelani had dance class this morning which ended at 10:30 and Santa didn't arrive until 11:30. As a WONDERFUL side note, I was able to get Noelanis outfit for her 2nd birthday!!! I won't share it yet :) But it is p.e.r.f.e.c.t! Last year, my sister bought her first birthday outfit at the same store and it was perfect too.

When we went outside, they had Frosty the Snowman, some bears, and puppets for the kids

Santa arrived on a firetruck! They circled the parking lot first.

Noelani has been scared of firetrucks until recently, so I took the opportunity to explain it to her up close!

We stopped on our way to the food court, and there is a section in the mall with "rides" for the kiddos

There was a musical show, and Noey just LOVED it!! She was dancing right along with them!

We took a break from the "Santa" activities to ride the carousel in the mall, then we caught a bite to eat. Afterwards, Uncle Larry and Auntie Amanda spoiled her by buying her a bag of cotton candy. JUST what she needed - sugar! 

After lunch, we decided to "try" to visit Santa. I was totally not prepared, because I honestly thought she would be terrified. I would have dressed her up and bought a picture if I knew she would do so awesome! Guess it looks like we will be going back soon for pictures! We went in line and I had my camera in my pocket. My sister had me leave the line to give her the camera and Noelani FLIPPED. She started crying, thinking she would miss Santa! As soon as it was her turn, she ran right up to him, hands in the air and sat in his lap!!!! I know I keep repeating it, but seriously I am shocked. Aren't kids at her age supposed to be afraid?! Haha -I'm telling you all, I have the happiest easy going baby girl in the world - LOVE IT!

Santa asked her what she wanted, she replied and said "baby". (Uhm kiddo, I hope you mean a baby doll!!!) He asked her if she wanted a Barbie...she said yes (Although I'm not really sure if she understood that).

Santa then gave her a sucker and she was on her way - happy as can be!!!! I will have to see when Santa is at our other mall - Christmas is going to be so much fun this year! I always tell her lately, "maybe Santa will bring you this" when we are in the store and shopping. This chick loves to shop! I mean seriously, when we pulled up to the mall today she screamed "SHOPPING!!!!" She cries if we drive by Target and don't stop. I've created a monster. 

Maybe next year she will understand to SUCK the sucker, not bite it! I think this was gone in 2 seconds flat!

Frosty was in the food court while she was waiting in line for her balloon hat.

And here she is - getting a reindeer hat!

She wore this hat all through the mall! She kept pulling it down over her eyes like a helmet haha! She wore it through all the stores and all the way out to the car. The wind was blowing so hard, she started yelling "STOP.IT" to the wind.

Sadly, one of the antlers popped, and that caused a spiral of a meltdown. By this time it was 2pm, and we had been up since 5:30am. It was MUCH over due for a nap time! Unfortunately, as a full time working Mama, I don't get to enjoy naps. While she fell asleep in the car on the way home, I managed to do my grocery shopping while my mom sat in the car with her. Once I got home, it was time to put away all of the groceries and she was ready to go again! LUCKILY though, today, once Dada came home, this Mommy took a nap for about an hour. I was beat.