Scared of Santa and Sugared Up

On the first Saturday of December, we were invited to a company family Christmas party.  This is an over-the-top event that we attended last year and seems to get bigger every year.  There are stations for Christmas crafts, wax hands, balloon animals, gingerbread house decorations, jugglers, Santa, and this year, huge piles of snow with sledding. 

We had been talking about it all week - and I thought we were over the stomach bug that made its way through our family after Thanksgiving - but Collin woke up looking and feeling terrible on Saturday morning.  I was disappointed - for our family and for him - but Maya and I hit the Christmas brunch on our own.  She was all smiles in her cute Christmas outfit from my mom (do you see her scar on her nose - this was 7 days later and much improved) -  

And then we put her on Santa's lap - poor girl!

When we got home for lunch, Collin was feeling better - so good in fact, he was up for making and consuming his gingerbread house!  Maya took a nap and we had a fun time creating art out of candy.

Posing with his house -

Later that night, my silly ones kept up the posing, this time with their Green Bay cheese head Cas brought home from the football game -

Since Collin missed out on Santa photos, we hit the mall on a Wednesday night to try again.  Sweet Collin tried to comfort her, but Maya is not a fan!

By the time they snapped the official mall photo, Collin was tired of smiling though Maya had calmed down a bit -

Merry Christmas!