A REAL Reindeer: Part II

So, you remember how last year we crashed another neighborhood's Christmas celebration and I was so excited because they had a real reindeer even though that reindeer had only one antler? Well, we went back today and this time the reindeer had TWO antlers. But there were also two antlers laying on the ground in front of Santa's sleigh and I found this very disturbing because somewhere out there is a reindeer walking around bare-headed.

Ellie was so excited to sit on Santa's lap. The whole time we were in line, she did her bouncing thing. Ellie likes to jump and she can jump up and down for a whole hour straight if she is excited or bored or just feeling bouncy. When it was our turn to see Santa, Jack went into full on meltdown mode and so Ellie ventured into the sleigh alone. Really, it is a shame she isn't an only child because this would have made a perfect Christmas card picture. I am a little stressed about the whole Christmas card thing. I always put it off til the last minute and this year was no exception. I ran out and picked up the kids new Christmas sweaters today and figured I would snaps some pictures for our cards while we were crashing this Christmas thing. Why do I always forget how uncooperative my kids are when it comes to pictures? It went a little something like this: