And Sutch!

Last night we were so thankful to be invited to a Santa Party by our friend, RaKell (my super-mom advisor!) and her family.
Her daughter, Kate, who is five, was a great new friend / big sister to Eli:

 She helped Eli find a perfect spot to sit and watch Santa!

 They both got distracted by Nick (the cute blue blur in the background!) for a minute ...

 ... but then were quick to get back to Santa, waiting their turn to sit on his lap!

 There was some singing ...

 And then, FINALLY, it was time for the I've-been-waiting-so-excitedly-but-now-that-it's-my-turn-I'm-frozen pictures (actually, I was so proud of Eli as he walked up to Santa all by himself! So brave!):

 And then a quick okay-I'll-give-you-a-high-five-but-there's-no-way-I'm-going-to-talk-to-you picture:

 Santa brought Eli a present (thanks, RaKell!)!

 We got to make some Reindeer food, too:

 And of course there's that face:

 But Eli had so much fun he even gave us a "real" smile!