it's that time again...

once a year johnny and i torture our dogs and have their picture taken with santy claws. this year was miraculously easy. i say this because syrus is deathly afraid of santa, bibi is just too strong and stubborn for anyone else but us to hold, and this was louie's first picture so we didn't know how he would handle it. they did beautifully. please just take a moment to soak in the hilarity and look at the picture. look at how damn goofy louie looks - he hasn't got a thought in his head so we got him the big moose ears. bibi has on a halo (naturally) and syrus is rudolph. he looks like he is trying to distance himself as far away from the guy in red as possible. we had an audience of people watching to see how it would all pan out - when the lady with the camera snapped the photo, everyone made shrill noises to keep the dog's attention forward. it was kind of scary.