Jolly Ole Saint Nick

When Kyler had his first Christmas (many many years ago) I told Todd we needed to get Kylers picture taken with Santa.  Somehow the subject of santa had never come up so when he replied "We're going to do the whole santa thing?", I was almost speechless!  "Of course we are doing the santa thing and we WILL be doing pictures!" 

12 years later I have 12 pictures of santa and my kids through out the years.  I love looking back and seeing transformation in the boys.  I don't have all the santa pictures scanned into the computer yet (which I really need to do)  But I'll tell you that every picture we have of Kyler....no tears!  He always did so good.  A bit wary at times but still really good.  Kaden on the other hand....not a fan of santa.  I can not begin to describe the tears and the sobbing that would take place every year.  I always felt really bad for the kid (not enough to not get the picture though) 

But this year.....

I really talked it up to Kaden!  I showed him his past pictures and we talked about how we don't want any tears this year.... only smiles.  I also went to Portable North Pole and made this video for Kaden (Check it out!)  http://portablenorthpole.tv/watch/1cceb91ca1a1c03573e03b08730b0415

Kaden was so amazed!  He watches it almost everyday.  If you have kids that still believe in santa then I would encourage you to make one for your kids.  It's really easy and it's a way for them to try and get over the fear of santa.

How well did it work for us????

All smiles!!

(Santa may look like he's had a few to many but...you can't win them all I guess!)  Kyler did inform me this year that he might be a bit to old for the pictures but I made him to do it anyways.  Just give me a few more years please!!!