Santa

We took the kids to a neighborhood Christmas party in my parents' neighborhood, where Santa Claus was an invited guest.  Before the photo moments, Santa read The Night Before Christmas to the whole group of children.  Carlton was funny - planted himself front and center for the reading, and then just couldn't quite restrain himself from showing Santa (and everyone) the finer points of some of the illustrations.

When it was time for our photos, the kids did pretty well. 

Carlton was happy to hang with Santa, though he was pretty close-mouthed the whole time.  Poor Santa didn't get many answers to his friendly questions.

 

 Clara was a bit unsure.  This was about as close as she wanted to get.

And then we all popped in for some family photos at the end.