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Monday, November 16, 2009
Does Santa Give Money??
It is so funny to me how Katie's mind works sometimes when she is trying to get something she wants. So I thought I would share something that happened over the weekend. On Sunday afternoon, I took Katie out shopping to find her a couple of dresses for church. We went into JCPenney's hoping to find some good sales. Well, Katie saw a dress and for some reason just fell in love with it. If you know Katie, this little girl is all about clothes and when she finds something she loves she will wear the heck out of it. I took a look at the dress and the price tag and it was not a price we would normally pay for her clothes, and the price was a sale price but not one I really wanted to pay. I told her let's just keep looking. We went to other stores and at the end of the day no other dresses were bought and Katie was quite upset that we were not buying the dress she just "fell in love with". The walk to our car was quite interesting as it was filled with whales of "why, mommy, why can't we get the dress" " I promise mommy, I will wear it all the time" all of this was intensified because it was 4 in the afternoon and no nap. I tried to explain to her that the dress was a little too expensive for a girl her age, but it feel on deaf ears or more likely she couldn't hear me over her own words she was screaming. We got home and of course Katie tried to turn on the charm for daddy in hopes he would cave, and when he didn't he got a rerun of what I experienced in the store. After, oh, about an hour she finally gave it up and stopped talking about this stinking dress that I wished was never made. I thought, okay, it's over she has moved on. But that would be to easy. So on her way to school this morning she asked if Chris and I would get her that dress for Christmas, I again explained why we didn't want to buy the dress and praying underneath my breath that this wasn't going to start scream fest 2, but it didn't she was calm. She then says she will just ask Santa for the dress and then I said that Santa has to get approval from mommy and daddy before he buys their presents. So then she sat there for a moment and then asked me, does Santa give money. I kind of laughed and said why. She said well I ask him to give me money and you can just approve the money and then I will go buy the dress. I looked at her, gave her a big kiss and told her she is one of the funniest people I know. After I dropped her off at school I called Chris and told him what she had said. He laughed and man that girl is persistent, and his next statement was, so I guess I am going to buy a dress at lunch today. Like the good daddy he is, he went and found the dress. It will be waiting for her on Christmas morning.
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