Santa Visit

We took the boys to see a Santa during the first week of December.  This was a Santa/photography studio that I heard great things about last December when I was pregnant with the boys.  It is located at Country Village in Bothell.  When I checked out their website to find out times, I saw that we would reserve an appointment time with Santa, thus cutting out having to wait in a line.  Brilliant!  We arrived a bit early to the appointment and walked around Country Village and looked at all the decorations and chickens/roosters that were wandering around.
 

We then went to the photography studio and waited for our turn.  They were very kind and professional.  We went back to the studio and there was Santa waiting to visit with the boys.  The photographer suggested we place them on Santa's lap and just back away to see what would happen.  At first the boys were both stunned.  The photographer took some pictures and then Ragnar started wiggling to try and get down.  Nate swooped in to reposition him and when Nate backed away again Ragnar started to cry.  So that was that.  We picked up the boys and looked at the picture previews of the photos taken.  None of the pictures had them smiling, but that's ok.  I'm happy with the outcome.  It was nice to not have a line to wait in and be able to have solo/quiet time with Santa.

It was a great day to share as a family!