Meeting the man in red. : Blog a la Cart

Yesterday we drove an hour to the Yankee Candle Flagship store, i.e. compound, to meet The Man in Red. Sunny was super excited about the day’s adventure, until we arrived at the store and she began expressing reservations.

You see, she’s scared of Santa’s hat.

Also, ‘Rational’ is her middle name. Much like her Mama.

Fortunately, this Santa was sans chapeau! Crisis averted! Thank you, Yankee Candle, for predicting my toddler’s Santa Hat phobia and proactively avoiding a meltdown.

There were no tears, and Sunny very enthusiastically shared with Santa that she would like a grocery cart for Christmas, a thank you very much.

She takes her surname very seriously. And now James and I have our work cut out for us to make this dream come true. Chances that our Food Co-op will let us purchase one of their kid’s carts that inspired this gift request in the first place? We shall see. But I’m planning on making a midnight trip to our local golf course, because we totally need one of those “Park Your Carts Here” signs to compliment the gift slash be all sorts of predictably punny.

I jest. James wants to avoid his wife landing in jail mere days before return to work, so he’s already purchased this one.

Courtland, despite her unpredictable, explosion nature, was very intrigued my Santa’s bristly beard and refrained from causing a scene.

All in all, a successful visit!