Trip to see Santa

Rowan had a blast in the calendar store. They happened to have an animal set-up in the front window.

She felt the baby giraffe needed to be closer to the mommy giraffe.

The grand finale.
Seriously, the kids were fine until they came within 10 feet of Santa. I spent the whole day prepping Rowan for this occasion. She seemed excited to meet him. It's the same Santa as last year. However, she was not happy to be by Santa. We only get her to stand this close to him after promising her a sucker when she was done. Harvey was already crying, so I just plopped him on Santa's lap and took out his pacifier. Santa (bless his heart) tried so hard to coax Rowan out of her shell. He let mommy sit in his big red chair with Rowan to get used to the idea. He let Rowan see his stuffed animals, but to no avail.
This was the best of 3 shots that were taken.
Luckily, there was no one else waiting in line.
When I got to see the final shot, I laughed but I also felt so sad at the same time.