Mom: So Annie, what are you most looking forward to about Christmas, gifts under the tree? Surprise gifts? Santa gifts? Those were always the things I most anticipated.
Annie: You mean on Christmas eve or Christmas day?
Mom: Either? What are you most anticipating about Christmas in general? Certainly she wouldn't be anticipating opening pjs on Christmas eve more than seeing what Santa brings right? But I guess I shouldn't suggest what she should anticipate most.
Annie: I am most looking forward to giving Lauren and Sabrina their presents. They are going to LOVE them!
A memory flashes in my mind of a 4 year old Annie the Christmas of 2007 (our only Christmas with Camille) and Annie being over the top excited as each person opened her gift. "You are going to LOVE it! You are going to LOVE it!" she screamed each time jumping up and down. I shouldn't be surprised that the part of Christmas she is most anticipating is giving her gifts.
And I am excited to wake up and go downstairs singing the song.
She too loves the tradition of gathering in Mom and Dad's room in the morning and all going down to the Christmas tree and all the gifts and stockings singing "Here Come Santa Claus" just as I did as a child.
And I am anxious to see what the boys will get so I can see how hard it will be to clean up.
Here she shoots me one of her looks. It says "you know it's true."
Because you know whatever they get they are going to make a mess with it and then we will have to clean it up. So if they get something that is easy to clean up... that will be good and I will like it. If they get something with lots of little pieces... I will not like it, because we both know I will be cleaning it up all the time.
Annie cleaning up the boys train tracks tonight trying to give me that look but not quite able to reproduce it.
Even more, I am smiling because this is the end of her list of what she is anticipating most about Christmas and she hasn't even thought to include any presents for herself. What a rare child this one is. Sometimes conversations like this remind me of how unusual she is for a child and it just makes me smile.
3 comments:
She seems to have it all . . .
Hi Stephanie! I noticed that you haven't posted for a while and that is totally fine :), I just hope that you and your cute family are doing okay. Maybe you are just extra busy - I don't know how you do all that you do! I have been reading your blog for years now - your blog is on my list of "regulars" that I check every day. I have loved getting to know you and your family, and watching your kiddos grow up. Your girls seem so sweet and your boys are too cute. (I actually have 4 boys of my own - ages 7,5,3,1.) Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I am thankful for you and I always appreciate your posts. I hope that you had a great Christmas and that you are having a good start to the new year. :) -Erin
I just came on to see if you are ok. It's been a month- I sound a bit stalkery now but anyway it's not like you to go this long between posts. Hope everything is Ok and it's just that you're so busy having fun with your lovely family, or you've been called back to YW and are tied up with new beginnings!
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