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first christmas, part 2

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IMG_1050, originally uploaded by [ecpark].
truth be told, we knew going into today that sparklet’s first christmas was going to be a little underwhelming for her — we’re still at the stage where the only thing about Christmas that captures her attention are the Christmas tree lights, and the tree’s been up for four weeks now.

we got her a couple of small things centered around Raymond Briggs’ The Snowman, but this was definitely the calm before the storm … we slept in until 10 am, dawdled around with breakfast until noon, didn’t start unwrapping presents until 2 pm, and took our dear, sweet time. i’m pretty sure that’s the last time we’ll be able to say that.

if sparklet has a christmas of awe and wonder this year, i’m thinking it’s going to be when we go to see the Christmas lights display at the National Zoo. she’ll stare at our little tree for hours, so i can only imagine what will happen when she sees dozens of displays at two or three times the size.

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    Cheryl

    Opening presents at 2 pm? You might get away with that again next year. I spent Christmas is a house with 3 7-year-olds and a 4-year-old. They were sharing a room. They were forbidden to leave their room prior to 7 a.m. under threat of one present being taken away (each) for every minute before 7 they wanted to start the day. I awoke at 7:02 with four childred staring me down.

    It didn’t occur to any of us, until later, that we should have set their bedroom clock back an hour.

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