Santa Claus came to town

I don't have the pics yet, but on Saturday Raelee met Santa Claus. For the very.first.time. Bad mom award right here, my child's about to turn three and has just now met Santa. For some reason in years past it just hasn't worked out and I know the reason. My co-worker(and very close friend)'s husband Steve is Santa for the hospital parties. My unit also used to have a fabulous family party at their house and then Santa would come in and bring toys to all the children. I'm talking serious Christmas magic here. Carol sadly has had some health problems, so since Raelee's been here we haven't been able to have the party. Steve makes such a legit Santa that I really, really, really wanted that to be the first Santa Raelee met. Sooo long story short(lol) it finally happened this year. Raelee was so cute, she was super nervous standing in line. Afterwards when Santa left, he made his way through the room and told Raelee bye(hey it helps to know people in high places, a mom can't get much better then being personal friends with Santa). My niece Makenna was there too, so we were able to get a picture of the cousins on Santa's lap. Makenna showed how smart she is, by trying to revel Santa's identity to the rest of the children when she tried to pull his beard off! We then went to the mall and Raelee ended up seeing Santa there, and then that night at our ward's Christmas party she saw Santa again! So my thoughts are, that seeing Santa 3 times in one day makes up for not ever seeing him before right?