Our Trip to the North Pole

Ok, maybe not all the way to the North Pole...but it certainly feels like the North Pole temperature-wise outside. We actually just went down the street to the mall & whoop, there was Santa. Eva treated him a little like a car wreck. You want to look, but you wonder if you are supposed to. You might even want to get involved, but then you get up close and you think, "Nah, maybe not." We did that for about 15 minutes until a very brave little onlooker decided to get up and sit with Santa and pose for a picture. Not ever to be outdone, Eva said, "I want to take a picture with Santa too." Ok, whatever...how much could one simple picture cost [$24.99 to be exact - YIKES!]. So we get up there and, uh oh, we decide he is actually not really as approachable as we thought. Now, we are playing hard to get. Santa is really trying to woo her, but to no avail. Then, Mommy gets clever...how about you hold Bug (a.k.a. Stella) and pose for the picture with Santa. Never turns down an opportunity to hold her sister, so she jumps up there and gets her lap ready. Still won't touch Santa with a ten foot pole, but whatever, here they are!!