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Bright and early this morning Henry and I hopped into Kim and Elsa's Jeep sleigh and headed off to have breakfast with Santa. Both kids were into the breakfast part, but neither was enamored with the whole Santa bit. That is, until Elsa found out Santa was handing out presents. Then she made herself known to him very quickly, and then proceeded to reacquaint him with her presence often after that. Henry, however, was not to be enticed by the notion of presents at all. He chose to spend the majority of the hour and a half we were there hiding under our table. I say hiding, but really it was more along the lines of playing. I should give my kid a little more credit. I do think a little part of him was worried I'd pick him up and make him go over anyway, which I did very briefly consider, but then thought better of it.

Meanwhile, Elsa continues to push Henry's buttons (what, like it's hard?). While unpacking Christmas decorations a few weeks ago, we came across an orange cat doll that one of Dave's Aunt's gave to Henry last year. It came complete with a sweater that says "Henry", plus a Santa hat and scarf. The cat is now naked, and the only thing keeping him warm is the glow of Henry's love, not to mention the death grip he has on the cat at all times. Elsa picked up on this right away, and reveled in the sight of Henry having a complete freak out whenever she would sneak the cat away. Finally she gave up on the "sneak" part and walked up to where he was sitting and pretty much said "Hey Henry, I'm taking your cat," waited for that thought to register in his brain, then once it hit home and he got a little wide-eyed over the whole thing, she took off with cat in hand. Of course, Henry chased after her protesting loudly. At the end of breakfast, Elsa crawled under the table to hang out with Henry and he immediately started rolling around on the ground and crying "NO ELSA! DON'T TAKE MY CAT!" I had to tell him that she wasn't interested in his cat at this particular time and he calmed down. She definitely has him on the ropes.