We had our ward Christmas party a week ago. Nils and I took the kids so they could see Santa. They were so excited and it worked quite nice as a bribe for the day to get them to be really good and clean house! We told the kids that once we ate our dinner up there and were really good Santa would come. We ate and the kids waited and kept asking over and over where he was. Finally he did come. They were both fine with it when he came through the door until he came down our aisle. He then stopped to talk to the kids and they ducked away. Brooklyn was so scared she covered her eyes, ducked into me, and then started shaking. He walked away and went up on stage and they just watched him closely. We finally talked them into going up there and telling Santa what they wanted for Christmas. Brooklyn was fine getting the candy from him, but as soon as she turned to talk to him that was the end of it and she hopped off his lap crying again! LOL Ryder was fine as long as he didn't have to sit on his lap and he would only go up there if our friend took him and not us. It was a fun night and even though they were scared of Santa, they still want him to come visit us. Go figure. :)