Judson has had a love/"fear for his life" relationship with Santa over the years. Take for example his very first picture with Santa. Not too bad, eh? Yes, I'm sure he had no idea what was going on, and had he looked up he would have freaked. However, he loved him that year.
2007
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The next year was definitely the "fear for his life" year. He wouldn't even go near this Santa at Winder Dairy. (good thing because rumor was that he had pink eye. Santa, not Judson. Yuck!!).
2008
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And I'm pretty sure this photo speaks for itself. (One of my favorite pictures of all time, though.)
2008
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We didn't even attempt to take Judson to Santa in 2009. Last year we saw Santa at Toys R Us, but Judson would have nothing to do with him. He even freaked out if he was in our sight line.
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So, 2011 comes. We have been prepping for this all year. Judson brought up how he was going to sit on Santa's lap this year so I went along with it and encouraged it. We talked about how Santa is nice and just wants to get Judson presents.
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It was still a little bit of a struggle to get him here. He had a death grip on my leg, until Santa offered to let him hold the bell. That won!! Judson did it!! He sat on Santa's lap and asked for the Batcave. YAY Judson!!! Now, if he can grasp the whole "being nice" concept, that Batcave may find it's way here come Christmas.
2011
3 comments:
Yes! He's so happy! You do have a classic crying picture. We had to stand by Santa with Amelia this year, lame. We couldn't even get her to sit on his lap. I look forward to the crying on lap picture next year.
what a brave guy! we usually have one scared kid each year. scary santa. :)
He finally did it! He looks so happy. That was a smart Santa to offer him the bell. That one with Judson screaming like Santa is stabbing him or something is so hilarious! That Santa is really creepy though. I remember the pink eye Santa. Thank goodness no one got it.
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