When Nicky was 7 months old, we got him all dressed up in his Christmas best, went over to Hillsdale Mall in San Mateo and waiting in line for 2 HOURS to see Santa Clause on Christmas Eve. I think Dan was scarred for life. But it was worth it just to see the pictures. This was when he loved the word Poo Poo. So that smile was all of us shouting "Say Poo Poo"
The next year, we avoided the malls like the plauge, but managed to sneak in a shot of the boys with Santa at the always fabulous (ghetto) Steiner Ranch Christmas Bazzar. Steiner, pulled out all the stops and made it really fun and festive. I kid. And as you can see, I made a real big attenpt to get them in some Christmas outfits this year....at least they were matching
Pluto T-shirts
Fast forward to last Sunday at the famous
Oasis overlooking Lake Travis in Austin..One of the best Santas I'd ever seen, was taking complimentary pictures if you brought your camera. We again failed miserably at dressing the boys in anything that resembled matching, Christmas outfits, or non scruffy clothes. We defined this outting a success, becasuse while we may not have gotten many smiles, we didn't get tears. And we did get some mysterious sign language from Nicholas.
Merry Christmas!
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