Breakfast with Santaa

We had our ward Christmas breakfast with Santa yesterday. Surprisingly, Kate really wanted to sit on Santa's lap. We asked her before we went if she wanted to sit on his lap and she said "yes". We both kind of figured that would be a different story when she actually went up to him. She is always so scared of animals and statues (I know Santa is not either of those things, but he's somewhat unfamiliar to her). When we got there she couldn't focus on eating, she just wanted to see Santa. After attempting to get her to eat a little, we finally took her over to sit on his lap when there was no line. She sat right on his lap and didn't want to get off. She even played with his beard. We had been asking her before this what she wanted Santa to bring her and she would say "Christmas toys and treats". After she sat on his lap we asked her what she told Santa she wanted and she said, "a candy cane". That is of course what she got from him after sitting on his lap, which she managed to eat in minutes.