And today was Sunday !

Hi!


Well, my friends, today was a better day all around. Santa was able to sleep in for two whole hours and the elves were in a good mood. There were a lot of dogs/puppies in to see Santa. Plus all the equipment worked.


Today we had 399 photos taken of the kids and the kids-at-heart as they passed through Santa's lap. We had two of the biggest dog's I have ever seen and I don't know anything about them. When they were sitting on the floor their heads were even with my elbow (I am sitting in the Big Chair!) AND they were considered puppies at 9 months old. We had a 5-month old German Shepard Pup; a Black Lab pup; a Pug; an 8-week old Golden Retriever pup (still had the puppy breath as it licked my face); an 8-week old Red Nosed Rottweiler pup with the fun breath; a Golden Retriever that wears a camo baseball hat; a 3-month old golden Lab pup; a older Golden Retriever; a pure bred Mutt (owners words) it looks like a cross between a lab and a retriever; and probably the most important dog, a Chocolate Lab pup that was being trained as a guide dog. (It is kind of fun to watch them, because they have to be exposed to everything, and they have all there ID's so they can go anywhere!)


I told you we had a lot of dogs in today! We won't even talk about Tasha who learned the signal for "rollover" and "Good Girl."


You could tell the long weekend was wearing on people and that they are looking for things to do today. So of course BPS is on their list. Tomorrow I will start four hours early due to the extra traffic expected as it's the opening of rifle deer hunting. Moms are are expected to be bringing in kids to keep them occupied. So it shall be interesting!


The kids were generally good, but the parents and grandparents were a real trip! They were pushy, demanding, rude, and wanting things there way, and they were the nice ones. Did anybody tell them BPS is NOT Burger King?


The kids came in all dressed up for the most part, and a lot of kids in Santa suits, in Santa Hats, and even elf hats. Needless to say they were almost as cute as me. Some kids even wore suit's and the girls wore dresses, they really tied to do the portrait thing to the max for the free picture. Oh, and the Mall Santa's camera broke so we got all their business (which is not much to begin with, but again it something).


The most memorable kids of the day were from a family that I had last year...and man, they were worse this year! The mom grabbed and slammed her kids (who were dressed perfectly) in to me, each other, my chair, and even the set. The lady would not allow us to make suggestions on placement of the kids. I was almost to the point that I was last year when I said I would leave if it would help her any? But she stopped, and she used mom spit to fix a few faces and even an out-of-place hair on one of the boys. Just incase you were wondering, she was not in the picture. Her kids were all in the teenage stage, and not one of them were happy about being there or with her. I could see the pain in their eyes...


Also, as tomorrow is rifle season for deer, a guy and his wife and two kids came to see Santa. The kids were first, and they were fine. Then the parents, and he was not so fine. As we finished the parent's photos, the husband said he was going hunting to kill Rudolph. I could not let that go by, so I said something like "Hey, that's nothing to say in front of Santa or the kids." He laughed it off, but his family did not...as I soon found out. A short time later he came back to me and handed me a letter from the "Dear Santa" letterhead and apologized in blue crayon. I have no idea what was said by the kids, but something was said.


I have no idea what tomorrow will bring, but I get to sleep in again....


Have a wonderful night's sleep,



Santa