I decided to create a blog to provide insights into the life of a Dad with two girls (who have lots of opinions) and another girl on the way due to arrive in the next couple of weeks. I am hopeful that this will be something that my kids will enjoy reading in the years to come as I document the adventures of being their Dad which is a job that I love very much.
Today is Dec 6th, one day before their mother's birthday which she has been reminding me about for a month now. Taylor and Erin don't seem to care at all because they are very focused on Christmas this year, more so than ever before. We went to the mall the other day to get the girls a haircut and Taylor saw Santa and immediately wanted to go and talk to him. Erin was fine seeing him from a far and the other side of the rope was about as close as she wanted to get. We convinced Taylor that we could come back after her haircut and talk to Santa then and were very happy that she did want to go up to him because she was much like Erin in previous years. As a matter of fact, my favorite Santa photo so far was one of Taylor on Santa's lap screaming about as loud as her lungs could foster.
Anyway, we went and got their girls haircuts which was entertaining; some screaming and "I don't want to go first, let Erin" and afterwards we headed back to see Santa. They had to finish their pop pops (lollipops) that they got from Mastercuts first but once that was done, we got in line. After the boy ahead of us sat nicely on Santa's lap and smiled for the picture, it was our turn.
Let the drama begin! Erin clung to the back of my leg as if there was a ferocious bear in the big red seat and Taylor went mute even though she said she wanted to talk to Santa. Eventually Taylor agreed to sit on the box next to Santa's chair but on the side furthest away from Santa himself. Picture a big box next to Santa's chair and Taylor on the end furthest away from the armrest and you'll get the idea of what we werre dealing with. That would have been ok if I could have gotten Erin to sit between Santa and Taylor but she wanted none of it. I turned my attention to trying to get Taylor to sit closer to Santa but I think I might have had better luck winning the lottery at that point in time. We decided to leave and come back another night when we could dress the girls up for the picture since they were a little bit of a mess that day anyway. Of course, as soon as we got out of Santa's sight, Taylor found her voice again and started screaming because she really did want to get her picture taken even if you could have parked a car between her and Santa.
We left defeated and to be honest, I wish we had gotten that picture because it would have been funnier than the screaming Taylor picture from a couple of years ago. Maybe when we go back, she'll still sit as far away again and we'll take the picture then which will be better anyway because she'll be dressed up this time :-)
Here are a couple of pictures of the girls with Santa. As you can see, they were very happy!
Taylor - The picture was taken in 2007 so Taylor was about 1 1/2 at the time.
Erin - Coming up on 1 year old in this photo. Notice how much Kendel was concerned about Erin being upset.
Looking at these 2 photos, these girls kind of look like twins separated by a couple of years which isn't surprising since we get asked all the time if they are twins.
I am going to try and find some more now of the girls over the years at Christmas time.
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