In the beginning we had this....
Mom found a rare opportunity in the Holiday Season. I took the kids for storytime at a shopping center nearby. Maddy happily sat listening to stories and Makena managed to entertain herself. I looked around to see they were doing Santa photos and no line! We tried to get Santa Photos last weekend and what looked like a rather short line was estimated at 1.5 - 2 hours. No way, would our girls wait that long. I thought Santa Photos might be a bust this year.
But....this was my chance. I jumped at the chance and we spur of the moment, went and got Santa pics. But as we got closer the girls started to realize what was happening. I plopped Makena down on his lap..and we have picture below. Maddy literally shook her head and started to cry. With a bit of luck from a fantastic photographer, patient and wonderful Santa, and the magic candy cane....we got the photo below. Its a amazing we got both girls smiling. If you look close, you'll see Maddy holding the candy cane and Makena holding a cookie. Go figure, sugar helps every time.
A huge thank you to our friends, Kari and Melissa who were with us, for helping us out and making it all happen. This was definitely a day this mom was grateful for her other mom-friends to lend a hand.
And by the end we got some smiles!
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