And Because...

...I couldn't get a good pick with Santa at Daley Plaza, the real deal was a couple towns over and I just had to see him.  Also, he was visiting one of my favorite places to take pictures.  So, the field trip began.  Santa didn't go as smooth as I thought.  Reeve wouldn't smile, despite a candy bride, Elias freaked and I was sweating from being in an actual greenhouse.
But alas, a Christmas pic was born:

We wandered around the greenhouse snapping some pictures.  All of that ended suddenly in the cactus room.  Can you guess which child touched a cactus?  We spent an hour with glue, duct tape and hot water getting hundreds of fine needles out of Everett's fingers.  Field trip over!