Kalia Visits Santa!!

So today...most of the school districts were closed due to the "Threat of Snow" the news said. We were scheduled to get snow around noon today...well let's just say it is 1:57, warm, wet, and there is still no snow. Buy anyhow, I decided today would be a great day to get Kalia's Santa pictures done. Since my friend Sharon is also a teacher, her school district was closed as well, so she came over to help me out. We headed to Kenmore to the Lake Forest Park shopping mall...they have the old Fredrick Nelson's Santa setup there and there was no wait. Waiting to see her first picture was also my mom, dad, and sister as well. To get Kalia to smile, we packed her bumble bee finger puppet and were off.

As soon as I got there I changed Kalia into her outfit, and she did an awesome job! She smiled and everything! No tears...she even played with his beard too. I brought the camera to video tape it, and I was able to get her initial reaction to Santa, however, for some reason, the camera was more full then I thought, so we weren't able to get as many pictures as I had hoped. My sister is putting her on his lap, and I am armed with a bumble bee to make her smile! Santa did ask my parents if they wanted to come up and get a picture taken with their grandchild and Santa with our camera.....I was thinking what about mommy. However, Santa said that she probably wouldn't get another chance to have pictures done with grandma and grandpa. So plan on seeing the REAL Santa pictures when they come next week, and until then, here is the video and some pictures to tide you over...they aren't the greatest, but they work. Happy Holidays everyone!!