You may remember our recent post about the difficulty in taking our Halloween photos in the pumpkin patch. Well, today we had pictures made with Santa and this time it went much more smoothly.
Surprisingly, Santa had taken time out of his busy schedule at the North Pole to visit the Westfarms Mall in Farmington. Westfarms made Santa at home here in Connecticut with a beautiful Ice Palace and plush throne they had set up for him in the center of the mall. Since we arrived pretty much as soon as the mall opened, we didn't have to wait in line too long, but even if we had, it wouldn't have been too bad. The line curved through a nice activity area for the kids where they could view video footage of polar bears, penguins, arctic foxes, and seals. They even had a snow machine in the middle of the Ice Palace that dropped a light dusting of snow on all the children below.
Ellie wasn't too sure of Santa last year and not much had changed in her opinion of him this year either. So, we put Grayson on his lap first, then Ellie. Not wanting to torment Ellie for too long, we had his helpers snap a couple of photos and then quickly retrieved her. We knew we again would not have any "perfect" smiley photos, so we were very pleased to see we at least got a photo with them BOTH looking at the camera. Grayson didn't seem to mind the whole ordeal and Ellie recovered pretty quickly, actually she really was only a little upset sitting on his lap. Score one this time for Mommy and Daddy!
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