That was a nice surprise!

I had to head over to the mall earlier to do some last minute shopping. After ordering baka49er's gift, I start heading over to get my hair cut by my favorite Vietnamese barbers, when who should I see at Santa's chair?

baka49er, Ann, and the nieces (who were sitting on Santa's lap.)

An amusing moment came when Ann asked me to watch Regan for a minute. East enough, she's five months old and in a stroller. Then Mom asked me to watch Kylie.. who's 2 years old and much more mobile. "I'm not qualified for this!" I cried.

We had a nice lunch, where Kylie made some friends and jumped up and down and hooted. kshandra texted me during lunch. My Christmas bonus pales in comparison to hers. Kiri called a bit later and got to chat with the Kyster.

Outside Target, Kylie and I invented a new game. They have these big red concrete balls along the edge of the walkway. Kylie loves them. So I hoped up and sat on one (the things are only about three feet high) then slid down the other side. She loved this idea, so I helped her do it.

Then we ran to the next red ball.

And the next one.

And the one after that. This was obviously the best game ever.

After saying good-bye to the family, I got my haircut, and did some shopping.

Very happy I got this day off.