Santa brought puppies

After church last Sunday (12/21/08), I took Peter and Emily yesterday to see some small puppies at a breeder that had been recommended to me. All the maltipoos Emily had been interested in were taken, but they had some mixed breed females--Lhasa, Poodle, Cocker is their heritage. I told Peter not to say anything in front of Emily and we would talk about them privately after we got home, sleep on it and figure out whether to get one or not.
To make a long story short, we came home with two puppies for Christmas and two kids with cases of puppy love! Merlin is in heaven--he never met a dog he didn't like. Marv just shrugged and rolled his eyes. Everyone else is watching where they step.