I went to
Southlake Town Square on Sunday afternoon to get the kids out of the house and show them the Christmas decorations while Rakesh was out helping a friend at their new house. So as we window shopped and made our way to the front of the square where the Christmas tree was I noticed that Santa was there taking holiday pictures with kids and there was a pretty short line. So,
"Silly
To
Underestimate the
Potential of out-of- the-blue,
Irrational meltdowns leading to
Disastrous outcomes" Mom (hereby referred to as STUPID Mom aka me) thinks "Well this is perfect! They aren't dressed for Santa pics BUT they are fed, in a good mood, and how lucky that there are 3 childrens' stores within a minutes walk from where we are." So, STUPID Mom marches her happy self into
Crazy 8, quickly picks out 2 matching sweaters and doles out $43 (way more than she would normally pay for 2 kids sweaters but, hey this was a special situation because, when would taking a picture with Santa be this painless and easy right???). So, STUPID Mom leaves store, goes back to stand in line and finds out that Santa is on break til 3:30 which is 20 minutes away. Oh well, no problem, she can dress the boys and walk around for a while. Well it takes the full 20 minutes to convince Sahil to put on the sweater because "I don't want to wear it Mumaaaa!!!" so that actually worked out well. Finally we are in line, the boys are happy again, and it's our turn. Nikhil sits on Santa's lap and begins smiling and chatting it up and trying to pull Santa's nose off. Sahil begins screaming and crying when Santa's elf who is doubling as the photographer tries to put him on the sleigh at which point Santa tells ME to hop up on the sleigh as well and maybe Sahil will calm down. So here I am practically perched up on Santa's lap still wrestling with Sahil while the elf/photographer is snapping away. So finally after all that... STUPID Mom has to pay $20 for THIS:
It was the best one of 7. Yeah, I can't wait til next year's Santa pics...
