Santa success!!

It's fun being back in Santa Barbara and having Westmont at our fingertips... not only are both Josh and my workplaces filled with Westmont alums, but we use our Westy's as babysitters as well. Pretty great. But another bonus - they love alums and are always hosting fun, kid-friendly activities! This year was the "pickle tree" lighting (apparently the tree looks like a pickle?? I think it looks like a tree. Anyway...) and Ben Patterson dressed up as Santa. Now... Ruby didn't have such a great experience with Santa last year. Shall we refresh our memories?

 

This year? MUCH better.

I think it's a few things. 1. She's older. She's got this whole Santa thing down... 2. She's setting an example for Eleanor... what a good big sis. 3. Ben Patterson doesn't look like a creeper.  So all of those add up to a successful Santa picture. Ho ho ho!