{ the infamous santa picture! }

every child needs to have an unhappy picture with santa, right?

i was expecting total disaster, but have to admit that our visit with santa actually went pretty well! (besides the 1 hour wait- we totally deserved it for waiting til christmas eve and not to mention the kid in front of us was screaming bloody murder!) but out out of the few pics we got to choose from, we picked this one because we thought it was so classic- a typical 3-year-old that wants nothing to do with a scary "stranger" and sitting on his lap. if you think about it, it's pretty terrifying for a kid, i remember being scared too! there weren't even any tears! there actually was a half-smile one we could've gotten, but this one was perfect. holland was looking too so we couldn't resist!

hayden told santa he wanted a "talkin tay-toe" (toy story's talking mr. potatoe head, not sure why but he's been talking about getting it for months even though he already has the regular mr. and mrs. potatoe heads) and he also told santa that his sister wanted a doll. afterwards, he was so proud and called grammy and said, "i did it!"

(i think this will be a great black mail picture in the future, don't you?!)