this year...

This year,

she was delighted to make a little place under the tree to sleep each night

she was happy being held

he calmly laid in the middle of it all

she reached higher than she ever could

they were up early

she was excited to read the gift tags by herself

her feet were her favorite toy

she looked forward to giving gifts

they carefully wrote notes to Santa while sampling the cookies meant for him

she slept through most of the morning commotion 

she sang on stage at the preschool sing-a-long

they decorated according to their likes and not mine

only the unbreakable box of ornaments made it out of the attic and onto the tree.

Hope your holidays were memorable too!