visiting santa

Lucy, Beatrice, and Charlotte went to see Santa yesterday. We had high hopes as we dressed the girls in their new matching red dresses and headed off to the mall.

Charlotte sat right on Santa's lap [not that she had any choice] and had lots of pictures taken. Lucy and Beatrice, though they talked big on the way there, only got as far as the picture-taking lady.

The picture taker tried her best to convince the girls to at least stand next to Santa, but they wanted no part of it. Lucy told her "no" [in no uncertain terms]. I do think that we could have convinced Beatrice, however, if her big nay-saying sister wasn't there.

Trix did accept a candy cane from Santa, but Lucy's had to go through me. I guess we'll only be writing letters again this year [Santa needs to know what to bring].

Unfortunately, there was no group picture. After the Santa visit, things started falling apart at the seams. At that point, there was no getting the girls together. [We couldn't very well put Charlotte on the floor next to the girls - she would never have stayed - besides, it's the floor at the mall (gross). And, Charlotte is just too big and squirmy for Lucy to hold.]

I am sure we will be getting a group photo of the girls in their pretty dresses - unfortunately, it just won't be with Santa.