Sophie's first visit with Santa

The first time Sophie met Santa was at my work's kids' Christmas party in mid December. We were very impressed with the party - there was a magician, a bouncy castle, an arts and crafts table, food and drink galore, goodie bags, and a veritable horde of young 'uns.

Sophie enjoyed meeting Santa, which is to say, she didn't freak out at all. According to Santa, in fact, Sophie was the only wee one who didn't scream when he held her.

All in all, a very good party, even though Sophie was too young to properly thrash the bouncy castle, or eat her weight in sugar, or any of the neat things that we look forward to in coming years.