SANTA!

For fifteen Christmases I wanted to take George to see Santa. For various reasons, none of which I can remember, besides the fact that she would've hated the process, we never went. BUT, that didn't deter me from making sure Slugger got to see Santa on his first Christmas with me :) Maybe now it'll be out of my system and I never have to subject him to it again. I'll tell you in about 12 months!

Petsmart (and probably Petco) has Santa usually a couple Saturdays in December. It's actually done by the adoption people. Well, it was this year. Apparently in the past you could get a printed picture and a frame just like at the mall. (I guess; I've never done that either!) This year they scaled down and I had to use my own camera/phone and do with the picture what I want. For $5 I was okay with that! Except, I wanted to be IN the picture. Luckily there were people there, other than Santa, who were happy to help.

Now, I had never done this and had no idea what to expect. I called this morning to make sure they were still doing it. Last week's was cancelled due to the ice. Huh, I should post those ice pics. Eh, another time. Anyway, the guy on the phone said he wasn't really sure what kind of crowd to expect since it was a limited affair - 11am-4pm today only.

There was no one there! I had Slugger in his harness cuz I figured he'd be easier to hold on to, move around, etc. It was quite helpful! Santa just sat there. Not sure if he was the husband of the lady in charge or not, but pretty sure someone had bribed him to sit there all day in a santa suit. Slugger was much more interested in the other dogs and smells, but we got him to cooperate, sort of, eventually. Here are the shots :)