Santa Visit And Bubble Snow

Things fell into place for Cheryl and I to take the kids to visit Santa last night. I had Jake and Dylan with me, but they waited in line with us then walked right by Santa like he was the dressed up old guy that he is. They gave him a look of disdain and moved right along. They're on to him, and a frankly a little resentful of his scam. Sophie and Lani however are in the prime time age of Santa magic. Lani was too star struck to speak but Sophie was happy to speak in behalf of Lani about what they wanted for Christmas. She told him they wanted a princess dress, a doll, and everything ever advertised on Nick Jr. Santa listened attentively then like a true entrepreneur was anxious to move onto a kid whose folks were actually going to pay $34.99 for a photo. After going to great lengths to detail her list, Santa had the nerve to hand Sophie a book. She and Lani were perplexed. Did he not hear ANYTHING we just asked for? We don't even read.. Santa is losing it. At least that's what I presume was going through their head based on their expressions. I'd like to post an adorable photo of them, but cameras were strictly prohibited. I was armed with mine, but felt like a criminal if I were to steal a shot.  And because I made it clear this was a freebie visit, they were not even invited on Santa's lap, for fear they would get too comfortable I presume. But I'm a capitalist. I'm not offended.

I did manage to take some other shots of our festive evening.

 Anticipation builds as they inch closer to their turn with the jolly fella.

 The upside of fake bubble snow- you can wear shorts and a t-shirt in it. They down side? If it gets in your eyes, it burns like a mother. Also, it's pretty hard to make a snowman out of it. But nonetheless, it was a nice festive touch.

 Still aglow from their Santa encounter, the girls take in some Christmas caroling on the playground.

Bored with the singing, the boys entertained themselves.

 Cheryl, Lauren, and Bonita enjoy what we originally came for, the choral group from Red Mountain HS performance. It was well worth the trip out. They are very talented. Even if Jake and DB pretended to not listen, I think they even enjoyed it a little bit.

 This has nothing to do with our festive evening, but it does crack me up that Sophie takes pictures of her babies. She takes them very seriously and doesn't want to miss a minute of their childhood. She was ready to punch Jake earlier today when he tried to tell her that "Sassy" is just a toy. So rude.

Awww, her tiny baby feet. They grow up so fast.