Christmas 2017

Christmas morning we woke up to over 5” of fresh snow and one very excited toddler. K was literally trembling with excitement when we walked downstairs to see if Santa had come, but after a brief moment of awe at the new gifts, she got her boots on and wanted to go right outside into the snow- not surprised! We talked her into doing stockings first (in no small part so we could have coffee first), then we bundled up and headed outside for over an hour of playing in the snow, building a snowman and walking down the street to play with the neighbors.

We then worked on presents until my parents and brother came over around 1, and spent the rest of the day snacking, opening presents and playing cards while K napped. She opens presents slowly – tearing into one then wanting to play with it for a while before considering a next gift, so the day had a wonderful lazy pace to it. She got so much new treasure over Christmas that she has been loving - Brio trains, a soccer ball, a doll bed, wooden cakes and slicing fruit, bees, play silks (rainbow from Sarah’s Silks, pink and blue silks from Ginny Sheller’s handmade shop), playmobil from my brother and the feather wands from her stocking. This girl was well and truly spoiled and loved every minute of it.