Multiple congratulations!

First, to Shawn and Shawnee on the (early but flawless) birth of their first child, Natalie Rose. You guys'll be great parents!

Second, to my beloved, who is now ABD - all but dissertation. Way to go, Gretchen! I'm so proud of you.

Congrats to all of you - it's been a momentous day. :)

Caption Contest 1

While browsing and grazing at Sam's Club this afternoon, I came across this charming little tableau. Actually, not so little... the creche figures are from a $400 outdoor set, and Santa is a life-sized robot.

Anyhow, the scene cried out to be photographed and captioned. I've taken care of the first part - the captioning, though, is in your hands.

Please post your best captions either at the pic's Flickr page or as a comment on this blog post. Or, if you like, add your own thought or speech balloons through the miracle of Photoshop, and e-mail the results to me.

Once I think everyone's had a chance to respond who's going to respond, I'll choose a winning caption, and feature it on my blog.

Have fun, keep it clean (if you want it to be the Grand Prize Winner, anyhow), and let the best woman / man / beast / yard figurine win!