On Monday we took the kids to see Santa!  I was totally expecting Tommy to freak out but he did SOOO good.  He just sat on his lap and looks up at him and smiled!  Guess he knew that this jolly guys was going to bring him some goodies for Christmas.   Here is the pics that we got.  I think this is probably the best Santa pics we have ever gotten!

Aren't they cute!  We always go to the same mall every year cause they always have the best looking Santa.  I am so excited for their Christmas gift.  They are getting a PUPPY!  Our neighbor is breeding Beagles and gave us a good deal on one of them.  Unfortunately we don't have the money to pay her now, but she said that she will take it when ever we can afford it.  We are going to pay her as soon as our tax returns get in.   She brought him over on Wednesday while the kids were at school so we could see how my dad's dog DOG did with him.  DOG was scared of the little guy!  It was too funny!  Hopefully he will warm up to him and play with him.   When we went and saw Santa Becca asked him for a puppy and he told her that it is too cold at the North Pole for puppies.  So... we have it all worked out.  Since the kids would probably suspect that the puppy came from next door that we are going to include a note from Santa explaining that he had talked to the neighbor and told him that he knew or a great home for one of her puppies or something of the sort.  On Christmas morning we have a few other little gifts for the kids from Santa and those will be under the tree... but I will have to call my neighbor in the morning after we wake up and she will have the puppy in a wrapped box with some doggy toys and supplies and knock on the door and run... leaving the puppy in the box with the note on the door step...   I hope it all works out smoothly!  I just can't wait.  He is just too cute and I don't know what we will name him.. We will have to see what the kids come up with.

I have all my Christmas Cards addressed and signed, but they are just needing the pics to put in them.  One of my girlfriends that is really good in photography (check out her website www.jennsim.com) is going to try and take some family shots of us.  Hopefully we get one good one to use in the cards.  I still have to go and pic up the shirts that we are going to wear for the pics. 

Well.... I think that is all for now.  I will talk to you later.  Tommy is ready for bed.

Wow, what a great Christmas picture! Your kids are really adorable. It's so hard to get three kids to smile at the same time... you must have had a really patient photographer and some happy kids. He is a nice looking Santa too. I checked out your link and I see that our mutual friend Jennifer H uses that photographer too... I recognized her kids on the web site. I'm sure you will get a great shot to use for your cards. I usually take my own with my digital camera but since it's not working at the moment I'll probably do New Years cards instead. As for my older daughter and her offhand comments... they are sort of typical of her and her bipolar disorder, unfortunately sometimes her mouth moves before her brain kicks into gear... and she thinks things are funny that just aren't to most people.