Dec 01 2011
Christmas List
At Epcot. While Annada wanted to see Santa, she is also leaving nail prints in my arm. There is no way she was going to touch Mrs. Claus.
This year Annada understands Christmas = presents. She walked in on me tonight looking at a Cinderella play set. The look on her face was priceless and she ran in with awe. She cuddled up next to me and said,
“You can get me all the princesses for Christmas! I will be patient.”
A few days ago she saw a Princess Tiana pez dispenser she really wanted. I told her it was Christmas time so she had to be patient and wait and see if it would be in her stocking (of course, I bought it). Since then she thinks the key is patience.
Every once in a while she starts telling me about how on Christmas she will get presents “of trains and princesses.” Then she will throw her hands up, “Because it is Jesus’ birthday!”
Tonight when it was time to go to bed she ran down the stairs and away from her bedroom. I called for her and was surprised to see she had made it all the way downstairs in the time it took me to look for her. She started calling excitedly, “I’m coming Mommy! I’m coming!”
I could tell she had some very serious Annada business to do and wasn’t just running away, so I let her come back up the stairs on her own. She had a pen and a piece of paper. I asked her what she was doing.
“I am making a list of what to get you for Christmas, Mommy. You can have a Little People play set. It will look like this (Annada draws a picture). You have to be patient though.”
(You know, it just dawned on me that she said that because I was trying to convince her she wanted a Little People playhouse instead of a princess castle. I told her I thought the play set would be really fun. That sweet girl!)
Marc came over so I asked, “What are you going to get Daddy?”
“I am going to get Daddy a little iPad.”
Marc yelled/laughed “Score!”