It Has Been a Very Merry Christmas
And a very interesting one as well. LG decided about a week ago that she didn’t “need any pwesents” and every time we brought up the whole “Santa’s coming to visit” thing, she would have a mini-meltdown. But, knowing that three year olds are nothing if not fickle, we went on about our business and told her if she didn’t want her presents, Mommy and Daddy would play with them instead. However, I did coax her into opening a present last night, and she was quite pleased with the red Christmassy jammies inside and wanted to put them on right away. A step in the right direction!
This morning when she woke up, she came out to the living room and saw the Santa gifts (that she had requested) under the tree and had a meltdown. But we remained calm. We had already discussed our plan of action, you see, so we just calmly went about our business. She didn’t want her stocking, so Daddy got his stocking and found white chocolate Reese’s inside. Half a Reese’s later, she decided she might like to look at her stocking. And found all kinds of wondrous things in there. And then she thought she might like to look at her Santa gifts. And then she thought she might like to open her presents. And it seems that getting presents wasn’t so bad after all. ;)
Mike and I don’t really exchange gifts at Christmas anymore, since our anniversary is in less than a month, but it’s more about her right now anyway, so that’s perfectly okay. I’m sure it will change in the years to come, but for the time being, that’s what works for us.
I did get an amazing Christmas gift this year, though. I got to hear my creation brought to life. It brought tears to my eyes, not only because it was sung beautifully by Marlene, but because it was sort of like giving birth. I nurtured it and molded it into something I was pleased with and then let it loose upon the world. Maybe it’s more like your child becoming an adult than giving birth, I don’t know, but either way, it was an amazing feeling. And it was even better that it touched people’s hearts.
So thank you to Marlene who inspired the song and brought it to life and to Mike without whom my songs wouldn’t ever become more than lyrics and a melody line. And who knows? Maybe some day you’ll hear it on a radio near you. ;)
My life has been truly blessed this year. I hope yours has as well. Merry Christmas to all of you who read this blog.
Now it’s time to get ready for Our Lady of All Sales tomorrow! Shop til you drop baby!
Comment by Bright Star (B*)
December 25, 2007 @ 7:56 pm
I am confused… why was LG melting down at the idea of getting presents / Santa? Did she have a reason? Or did she just decide that she didn’t want this to happen? I haven’t heard of a reaction like this… but I don’t know much about little ones! It sounds like you and Mike handled it so well.
Comment by Marlene
December 25, 2007 @ 9:00 pm
Merry, Merry Christmas. Thank you for allowing me to be part of your creation. it was an honor and a blessing. And maybe we’ll see you out and about tomorrow!!
Comment by Karin
December 25, 2007 @ 9:37 pm
B*, I have noooo idea what the deal was with the presents…I could not get a coherent answer out of her besides “It’s too late!” which is her favorite response to pretty much every question…lol! That’s 3 years old for you, I guess. I have two theories though: 1) We have succeeded in raising a non-materialistic child or 2) we have raised a weird kid. I’m thinking option 2 is closer to the truth, but I prefer to go with option 1 because it makes me feel better…lol!
Comment by Karin
December 25, 2007 @ 9:40 pm
Marlene, blessings all around - without your answer to my crazy question, I don’t think the song would have written itself in quite the manner it did! :)
And you never know - it could happen! lol!
Comment by rochelle!
December 27, 2007 @ 11:35 am
Considering she asked for a flute over a bass, i’ma go with she’s weird.