No Santa Picture

Sam sometimes struggles with men. I don't know what it is but it can take her a lot longer to warm up to guys than it does to women. So I was a bit worried about how she would react to sitting on Santa's lap. I talked up Santa all day on Tuesday, we read books, looked at pictures and said Santa a lot. I thought this would help to get her excited and not be scared. We got there and she was actually excited to see him but the second we set her on his lap she started freaking out! Once she started crying Santa immediately put her down; apparently he does not hold screaming children. We tried a couple times to calm her down and get her to sit with him but she wouldn't. So they had me sit down next to Santa and have Sam on my lap. Well of course I originally had no intention of being in this picture so I looked awful, may have even been wearing sweats! So when she showed us our Santa picture that we could purchase I said absolutely not. I would have MUCH rather had the screaming one! I am so bummed that we don't have this photo this year; we may have to try again this weekend.
Sam looked way too "cute" to not get some kind of picture of her, so we made her stand outside the Santa area to get a picture.