He sees you when you're sleeping...

Off we went to visit Santa at the local mall, hoping for more smiles than tears.  Thankfully, that's what we got - well, if not true smiles, at least tolerance of the experience! The pros in the group showed the sort of rookies the ropes, and all were happy to enjoy the candy cane and sticker book after the visit!

And this young man performed well as a sheep in his first "really" Christmas Concert. The place was packed but the seats were comfortable!  We couldn't help but remember "tappa tappa tappa" and wonder if the sheep experience will follow Cole as the elf rendition has followed Tyler.

And so the madness begins...