Kara Visits Santa

We were made aware of the presence of a certain St. Nick here in Ames. It seems that he manged to take a few days a week away from toy making and list checking in the North Pole to single out a local Wal-Mart Supercenter here in Story County, or as my friends and I like to call it... Sto-Co. I am almost certain Mr. Kringle does as well. But I digress...

So we knew it was time for Kara's first photo with Santa. We were a little disappointed with their set up for the photo. In a room with 10 or more decorated Christmas trees they decided that the best option for the photos to be taken was clearly in front of a cardboard background of a fireplace and tree. Then we remembered... It's Wal-Mart.

With the countless stories (not to mention photos) out there of horrified children sitting on the lap of a stranger dressed in red and white velvet, we were prepared for the worst but Kara was a very big girl and even managed to smile for us and the camera caught a great shot on the first try.

As soon as the photo was taken she turned her so we weren't sure if turned out but we got to see it on the camera and it was about the best we could have hoped for.

If the photo wasn't enough...