I love that picture. That she asked about all the pieces inside. That she knew a bit about the story and Baby Jesus. That she stopped to take it all in. And was still. And so began Christmas morning.
One of Madeline’s requests from the past several months has been a guitar. Or “matar,” as she calls it. And this Paper Jamz that I debated about buying? Has been going non-stop since she opened it. She also requested glasses like Mommy’s that didn’t make her eyes blurry. Took me a few stores to find them, but luckily Claire’s had a stash that looked very similar to mine. And she’s been sporting them off and on ever since. In fact, last night at the movies she was trying to tell me that she couldn’t see the movie because we didn’t bring her glasses. Alrighty then.
The cousins on Christmas morning. Two out of four looking at the camera. One loving her Christmas Eve pajamas so much that she wore them all day. Four happy faces.
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