Yesterday we took the kids on a train ride to the North Pole.

Once we got there, we were allowed to get off of the train and wander around. There was a surprising lack of snow and it was a 50 degrees, which I can only assume is a record breaking high for Santa’s home town.

They had hot cocoa and cookies and the kids spent some time coloring pictures before we went in to see Santa and Mrs. Claus.

I had them all nicely coordinated in festive Christmas sweaters and visions of a photo with three smiling kids danced in my head.

The children, however, had other plans.