1st Santa Attempt

We had good intentions this morning when we planned to get to Metro North Mall at exactly 12:00 when pictures with Santa began. Well, we weren't punctual as 12:00 means 12:30 nowadays with two kids. Even so, we still thought we would beat the mad rush. Wrong! I waited in line with Bryn while Steve walked around with Emry. We must be naive b/c for some reason we thought everyone received a FREE 4 x 6 photo with Santa. After I had been standing in line for almost 30 minutes and was still a good 30 minutes from reaching Santa, we realized ONE 4 x 6 cost $11.99...what?!?! Many of you know, Steve and I are fairly frugal so Steve quickly researched other options on his phone and Bass Pro shop turned out to be a better deal so I exited the line and we moved on to the free train ride. We'll try Santa again tomorrow morning at Bass Pro. At least we didn't waste an hour for nothing because there was a reason we were here...we ran into Emry's buddy from her former daycare...Addie! Sadly, I don't think they remembered each other but they shared a train car and did surprisingly well on the ride. They're all grown up!