Santa Picture 2007

So we decided to torture Boopy. As you saw below in the post on the kid's Christmas party at the base, Boopy has decided that she is afraid of people dressed as Santa and most likely any sort of character. While this is a common phase and one I'm pretty sure she'll grow out of, we still wanted a picture of the kids with Santa. Last year Boopy was young enough that for a quick moment on Santa's lap she was unfazed. Big Boy was a bit apprehensive but since Santa had a candy cane it was okay and he willing sat on his lap. This year, both kids were excited while waiting in line. They checked out all the decorations and were intrigued with the fake snow and mechanical reindeer displays. The downside was that we had to wait 30 minutes in line for Santa to come back to work from his lunch break in order to take a picture with him.

I was surprised at how crowded the mall was today considering it was middle of the afternoon on a Tuesday. I took a vacation day today to spend some time with the kids and go to a Mom's group, birthday party for Jesus, for the kids, which I will blog about later. Anyway, by the time we got to see Santa it was nearly 3 pm and neither kid had napped. They actually did REALLY well and had just gotten very silly rather than crabby. Big Boy walked right in when it was our turn and gave Santa a hug. He then played a bit shy and didn't really answer Santa's questions although we did help him out and remind him that he was going to ask Santa for a big boy bike. As for Boopy, she was fine at first, but then backed up folding her arms across her chest and kept a watchful eye on Santa. She didn't want to get close to him even with me sitting right next to him. At that point Papa Vaughn and I figured we'll take what ever we can get and threw Boopy on Santa's lap. Big Boy wasn't as smiley as he would have been as he kept looking over to make sure Boopy was okay. So without further ado, here's our proof that we tortured Boopy today.

And just for fun - here's last year's picture taken at the same Santa booth in the mall.