December Daily 2010 | Day Twenty-One

I love the snowflake Ali, especially since you played around with it to get it this way. How funny about Anna, it figures no photo again. Good for Simon getting another one. We saw the movie Tangled too and it was great so much laughter in it. Amazing that Anna sat thru the whole thing, good for her. I can't believe it's almost the 25, thank you again so much for this project.

I wanted to remind you that to save some wrapping paper this year for your album, you had mentioned it in the beginning. I actually saved a few pieces last night while wrapping.

The holidays/family are taking up most/more of my time then expected so I need to take a little break from scrapping so that I don't rush these last few days just to get them done. Will probably be posting photos just not layouts.

Anyhow, please visit my blog today if you can and see this awesome surpriese we got at the mall today. We took my little cousing there to ride the Santa train and to our surpriese they had a whole new kinda ride. It's amazing and so much fun. So look and let me know if any of you have this at your malls. If I had known this we would have been going every week, my kids loved loved it. Also they got to meet a celeberity there too. Sorry for the long post. Hang in there everyone we are all most there. Have a Merry and Joyful Day.

What a chance you have ,to have so wonderfull Mr. Santa !!!
Ours in France are not so nice !!!!

Yay for Anna for sitting on Santa's lap this time!!! I love today's page... it just seems SO simon to me :) have a great day, ali!

Take as many as you can with Santa as they will get to an age when they won't do it for love nor money! "I mean who would want there child to sit on a strange mans knee" - as my 11 year old put it

Very cute.. I know it is a scary thing to sit on Santa's lap.. it is okay just to say hi but the photo thing is frightening.. well he is a stranger that you leave your child sitting on,,, when all year long you tell them not to sit on strangers laps.. so it can be very scary when you are not there beside them. I know this from my 5 year old and she will say hi and have the fear in her facal expression of" mom, get me off this man... GET ME OFF" when the photo is being taken.. but one day is will get better.. at least that is what I am hoping. Baby steps.. so nice that Simon got a second chance with Santa.

Love it !

Too bad you do not have a Bass Pro Shops near you (I just checked and can't believe there isn't one in Oregon or Washington!) They do FREE 4x6 Santa photos with no pressure to buy more. then you can go online later and get extras if you wish...This year I decided that the mall is just way too expensive for a photo (and the multiples that you have to buy ad never use)
I LOVE that tutorial on cutting snow flakes...IT rocks!

Ali, Just a quick question. I've noticed you have not had any photos of your dog Lily. Did something happen to her? I know in the past you used to include her. For us pet owners it would be great to see how you would include her in telling your stories for your Dec. Daily. Thanks

I so enjoyed the Santa Round 2. We have a similar situation this year. My son (7) and daughter (5) saw Santa at a recent wedding reception and I got some great pictures. I thought we were done and was excited to not have to deal with the craziness at the malls. The kids have since informed me that visit didn't count and they still need to go see Santa. We are off to a shopping center tonight. Hopefully it will go well and we won't have to wait too long.

Ali, you are so talented and so inspiring! Thanks for your words (not sure which day) about no guilt! And thanks for hosting this December Daily each year. I have a new respect for what it takes to get to the computer and put words and art out everyday. Some days it takes some effort doesn't it? Thanks again! Merry Christmas!

FYI--you can take your own pictures at the Santa booth. I've done it for years and they've never had a problem with it....in case next year you want a new picture each day. ;)

I love round two. My oldest keeps asking to go see Santa again...maybe we should. That would definitely be fun for him.

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My children are grown but they never really got into the holiday photos...I think I only have 1 of them with Santa. They always said NO when I asked.

just goes to show ya...you can never get enough Santa ... :)

So funny about the snowflake... Last night I played around too with adhering one to one of my pages, and decided I didn't like it, and ending up pulling it off.

I have NEVER paid for a photo with Santa. There are lots of opportunities here in Houston for my kids to pose for a free photo with him, usually they end up seeing the big guy 3-4 times each year. One of my favorite photo ops is at our credit union. It's been the same guy there for over 10 years. He even has a real beard. :) We also often find him at winter festivals hosted by local churches or our HOA. I think the idea of 25 Santa photos is crazy good! lol

Glad the kids liked Tangled. We saw it Thanksgiving weekend. It's fantastic!

The fact that you document your thought process behind your creating is pretty inspiring to me. I love how you just take it easy and go with it - must be a relaxing crafting time for you.

I'm pretty sure I said it last year but I love the Santa at your mall. It's also kind of cool that you are not only documenting Simon growing up but Santa ageing too.

Took my "bokeh" photo for today's pages and loved how it turned out! Loving your photos of Simon with Santa - it makes me miss having little children of my own to do those things with. I think the parents get first dibs over the grandparents in taking the children to do those things, so, in our case, we're just happy for the things we DO get to do with them... :)

When my daughter was Anna's age, we sent the paci to Santa so that he would leave the cradle for her doll. Worked just great and she felt like such a Big Girl.

Thanks for sharing your snowflake process - I feel better knowing that others pull stuff off the page and do it over too! I have done a lot of that in this album!