In line to see Santa Claus
Jon took this photo and surprisingly no one was harmed or maimed during this excursion.
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Cindy said:
Such cuteness!!
Happy holidays!!
12.22.04 - 04:56 AM / 1Rebekah said:
Beautiful
12.22.04 - 04:57 AM / 2stella said:
what a sweet little muffin head!
12.22.04 - 04:57 AM / 3teri said:
I'm eager to see the "after" picture -- did Leta sit on Santa's lap?
12.22.04 - 04:57 AM / 4honestyrain said:
is there any way i cannot say it? that i APPEAR to be first. i am one of those who mock the i am first crowd yet here i bloody am. omg. i just turned into the people i most fear.
maybe i'm NOT first after all. here's hoping. fingers are crossed.
lovely pic of you and leta.
12.22.04 - 04:57 AM / 5Emmy said:
Did you sit on Santas lap too?
12.22.04 - 04:57 AM / 6Mandi said:
Your daughter is beautiful! Cheers for not maiming/peeing on Santa!
12.22.04 - 04:58 AM / 7honestyrain said:
whew. nowhere near.
12.22.04 - 04:58 AM / 8pao said:
oh, what a pretty picture of mother and daughter. :)
12.22.04 - 05:00 AM / 9Jay Dubya said:
dooce, ya look a little less than thrilled
12.22.04 - 05:00 AM / 10Cory said:
So where is the fat man in the red suit anyways? I wanna see Leta ripping his glasses off to stuff them in her mouth.
12.22.04 - 05:02 AM / 11Bucky Four-Eyes said:
Heather, are you shooting death rays at Santa with your eyes? For the good of mankind, please keep the safety on those eyebrows, lady!
12.22.04 - 05:03 AM / 12Stephen McKenna said:
This reminds me of the "Scared of Santa" link I saw yesterday. Click on my Name to see it.
12.22.04 - 05:03 AM / 13Rachel said:
What did Leta think of the jolly old elf? She looks a bit perplexed in that shot. :)
12.22.04 - 05:03 AM / 14Jennifer in Kansas City said:
awwww. Nice to see you, dooce. *I* think you look like you're about to smile. Did Leta ask for anything in particular? More Screaming Potion?
12.22.04 - 05:04 AM / 15Mrs.Stray said:
You look like you smell something stinky. Leta saw something that has caught her fancy!!!
Babies are the best, even if they make you want to rip your hair out, and then tickle them with it.
12.22.04 - 05:05 AM / 16mainer said:
do you EVER smile girl? Sheesh, next picture should be you with a big old grin on your face.
12.22.04 - 05:09 AM / 17Stephen McKenna said:
You always look cute when you're angry.
12.22.04 - 05:11 AM / 18beachgal said:
aww...wonderful picture of you and Leta. I passed on the trip to see Santa this year...my kid won't realize it and it won't matter in the long run, in my opinion.
12.22.04 - 05:13 AM / 19Molly said:
Nice picture..
And I think you ARE smiling.. It almost looks as if you are laughing to yourself about something else going on in line.. :)
Happy Holidays..
12.22.04 - 05:13 AM / 20Sarah said:
Yeah, you do look pissed, but then again, who *wouldn't* be annoyed waiting in line to see Santa with a bunch of stressed out adults and screaming kids??
But yes, please Heather...I hope you intend to show us a picture of Leta eating Santa's beard or farting on his lap. That would be sweet.
12.22.04 - 05:13 AM / 21Lindsey said:
Awwwe!
12.22.04 - 05:14 AM / 22gardens grey said:
You are both very beautiful!
12.22.04 - 05:20 AM / 23LadyBug said:
Lovely pic, and are those poisonsettias in the background the ones in yesterday's pic?
Dooce, your Thinking entry...oh. my. god. Cracked me up. But it kind of hit home too....Since I'm still breastfeeding, my son's dirty diapers DO smell like my farts.
Oh dear. I fear I've overshared again......But that's what it's all about here at Dooce.com, right? Not the sharing, so much as the OVERsharing.
12.22.04 - 05:20 AM / 24liz said:
it looks like Leta's radar has locked on to your zipper pull, and it's doom will be to spend eternity (or at least the next 30 seconds) in her mouth.
12.22.04 - 05:20 AM / 25closet metrosexual said:
She's got your eyes
(She's got my nose
Oh, and I get high
just watching her grow...)
Bad pop radio earworm. Shoot me now.
12.22.04 - 05:21 AM / 26Sheryl said:
This is cute - you both look winsome. The maiming must have been backstage.
Honestyrain, I cauterized my sinuses reading your post. In the same situation you were in a couple of weeks ago, I just closed the browser and came back later.
The part that made me laugh was that the "I'm first!" Folks take an awful rap - but one of the reasons they can be first is their brevity and sense of purpose. If we stop to consider what we want to say or how we feel about being first, then the point is moot. In my case, I imagined hearing a million clicking mouses in furious near-unison. And it scared the breakfast out of me.
P.S. I also empathized with them for a second and imagined it being like when the kids in olden days were waiting for the pony express. Knowing about where and about when the latest news from that alternate universe will arrive.
12.22.04 - 05:23 AM / 27Brian from LI said:
There's something about the look on Leta's face that just screams "mouth... NOW!"
Perhaps the person next to you with the furry coat. ...chomp....
12.22.04 - 05:26 AM / 28red said:
awe, arent you pretty. red's a good color on you!
12.22.04 - 05:27 AM / 29liz r said:
this is by far one of the cutest pictures of Leta I've seen yet, and who's that with her? Her big sister? Dooce...you're looking way too young in this picture to be Leta's mother.
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