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Santa Babies...

This past week we loaded up the kiddos and headed to the Galleria with Mindy to take our annual pictures with Santa.... last year, Eleanor and Lucy were so young (Lucy was a content bean the whole time and Eleanor smiled like it was her job) so I was REALLY excited to see how Eleanor would respond this time. Is it bad that I was hoping for a picture of a mini-meltdown? I mean, those pictures are priceless. Well, Lucy did not disappoint - girlfriend is all kinds of scared of Mr. Bowl Full of Jelly - hilarious! Eleanor and Tripp, well, they aren't too impressed.... Santa neither excited nor scared Eleanor... she pretty much sat stoic on his lap without much expression while Tripp snored away. I mean, Santa looks more excited than either of my kids! Ridiculous!
 
The girl taking the "official" picture had a little noise maker to get Eleanor's attention... instead of smiling, though, Eleanor simply wished the woman would give it to her.
 
"How much longer, Momma? I am bored." E
"This pillow is so comfortable." T
 
.... enter Lucy! hahahaha!
Eleanor doesn't even care the her bff is in hysterics.
 
Prior to pictures, the girls were all over the Christmas decor... mainly, Lucy kept trying to take the ornaments off of the trees and Eleanor kept telling her "NO!"... now if only Eleanor would heed her own instruction when at home with our own tree :).
 
Our pic with Santa from last year.... I can't wait to see how these evolve over the years!
Here's to hoping that Santa freaks out Mr. Tripp next Christmas!
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Caroline Scruggs said…
Eleanor seriously makes the best facial expressions ever! Love it!
December 24, 2011 at 2:56 AM
brandonandlindslitzner said…
love this! E and T are a hoot! such a fun thing for you and mindy to do each year. your kiddos will love looking back at these memories.

ps--miss you! hope you are doing well. :)
December 24, 2011 at 7:36 AM
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