santa's helper/barber

it is that time of year again. nothing like forcing your children to sit in a strangers lap. but dogs shouldn't mind. right?

well, our sweet little lehua left quite the impression on the santa clause at petco. i took grace and lehua down to get their picture taken with santa for christmas. for the first time ever, grace was a little scared of santa. last year she ran to him. this year she hid from him. and when i tried to set her in his lap, she squirmed out, whining the whole time. fine. i will just put lehua in santa's lap, and grace can stand beside. wrong song ding dong. when i put lehua in santa's lap, santa leaned forward and his beard went on top of lehua's head, which freaked her out. she grabbed the beard in her mouth and did the old "break the ememy's neck" shake and growl. this left santa with his entire outfit in disarray. when i got lehua free from the beard, the photographer took santa to the side to help him get his suit back on straight, and beard back on. this is why grace got the chair, with lehua on one side, and santa on the other. good times.