1st Encounter with Santa Claus!

Zq has been fascinated over Santa Claus has i have been telling him he will get a present from Santa on Christmas if he is well-behaved. And i must admit this is a good trick, as when he starts to get unreasonable everytime, i would tell him Santa knows if he misbehave and there would be no present for you. He will then turn into his "obedience-mode" immediately, haa :p

I wish that he can see the "real" Santa so he knows it's for real, and Santa not just another story told by mama and from storybooks. So i brought him to a "Tea with Santa" afternoon tea organised by an expat mama. There was some song-singing, yummy snacks and mingle around with other kids. And we were surprised to bump into Zq's lead teacher, Laura and her daughter there! What a small Beijing :)

Zq's reaction of his 1st meet-up with Santa was expected. Rather taken-aback and reluctant to shake hands with him, not to mention sit on his lap. I shaked hand with Santa and even requested a photo taken with him, to show to Zq that it's really alright, Santa is just a nice old man with long white beard. He then started to open up and willing to stand closer to him. I remembered vividly my 1st encounter with Santa was when i was about 6 year old, in a shopping centre with my mama & jiejie, i was running frantically and crying out loud when the Santa approached me with a candy. Haa, what a silly girl right :p

When i asked Zq to offer Santa some biscuits, he told me he couldn't eat as he has no mouth. This is hilarious! And so cute to observe how a 3yo seeing his world.. :)

Zq enjoying himself with his lil friends...

Teacher Laura with her daughter, Maia.

Last but not least, with the Santa! Papa came and fetched us after An An woke up from his long nap :)