Dec. 7, 2006
My baby is THREE!
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Oh what a melancholy day! I know its very selfish of me, but I really struggled with the idea that my baby has outgrown toddler-hood. Which is not to say that there might not be other babies in my future, but then again... We had a Disney princess clad pizza party for her the night before her actual birthday and then spent the "day" at home celebrating as a family. Check out my little lovely in her new gauchos and Pippi-like braids:  I was so proud of how incredibly gracious she was opening her gifts. I don't think I've ever heard her spill so many "thank you's" out of her mile-a-minute mouth before! So now that those festivities are over, the focus is entirely on Christmas. I have allowed my children to continue to believe in Santa Claus, although our focus is always on the true meaning of the season. I am a Christmas decorating madwoman and have at least a half dozen different nativity scenes around the house including the very cool Playmobil version that the kids can toy with. I even put away our regular pictures on the wall and replace them with Christmas pictures. Our regular story books get put away for the month and replaced with Christmas books. Anyway, tomorrow is our day to go visit Santa Claus and get the yearly pictures taken. I'm not sure if my girls are more excited about seeing Santa and telling him their Christmas wishes, or if the thrill is all about getting in their pretty dresses for the event. We have a WONDERFUL Santa that comes into the local photo studio, and I just love the romantic look of those old Santa photos. Here's one of my dad from 1946:  What was especially cool about this one is that they actually had a tape recorder there and made a 45 record of my dad as a child talking to Santa. Last year I had a friend with the proper equipment burn it to CD so that I could copy it for my siblings as a gift. It is SOOO cute. If I were better at this blogging thing I'd post it on here. Anyway, this blog, it seems, is as disconnected as all the other thoughts in my head, and my husband is currently waiting for me in order to start the next "Lost" episode that we have on DVD...so off I go! Santa pictures soon to be forthcoming!
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