Visit with Santa

The family, and my Mom, attending the annual twins club Christmas Carnival over the weekend. We were so grateful that my Mom could go with us. I am on the board of the twins club and had volunteered to take pictures of all of the kids with Santa. So I was pretty busy during the party and couldn't imagine Matt trying to wrangle three kids at such an event.

Before the party I told the kids that Santa would be there and asked them if they wanted to see him and sit on his lap.  To my surprise all three were very excited.  The big girl has not wanted to sit on Santa's lap since she was 2 - and even then that entailed a lot of crying.

 

Here are two of the kids enjoying a visit with Santa.  Avary is standing in hopes that her sister might show up and join them in a picture and chat with Santa.  I'm so proud of them.  G-man was not scared at all.
Little Bear on the other hand was having none of it.  I'm thankful that she at least sat down on Grandma's lap for a quick picture.  It was all kind of cute in the sense that she would not look in his direction.  She completely ignored him.  For those that know her, this will not come as a surprise in the least.  

I was a little surprise but only because she was so excited when she saw him come into the room.  He walked right by her and she gave him the biggest and best little bear smile she could give.
Later, before Santa left, she did shake his hand and gave him another smile.  I wish I had been at a different angle here, but at least I was able to capture the moment.