Cookies for Santa on My First Christmas

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Mommy and Daddy celebrate Christmas as a childhood gift-giving tradition rather than as a religious holiday.  There’s just something about Christmas that’s magical and so Mommy and Daddy want to preserve that for me.

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Mommy also LOVES Christmas decorations, so Mommy and Daddy decorated our Christmas tree and fireplace after I went to sleep one night.  Mommy has boxes and boxes of Christmas decorations, but this was about as much as she could do this year.

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Then, Mommy left cookies for Santa at our fireplace because Mommy wanted to make sure Santa didn’t forget about me.  The cookies Mommy left weren’t just any cookies…they were cookies Aunt Ellie bought from the famous Levain Bakery in NYC.  Delish!

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Mommy left the raisin oatmeal one for Santa thinking that it’s probably the most nutritious one of all.  Also, there’s a cup of soy milk to go with the cookie.  (Mommy bought this set of reindeer plate and mug from Crate and Barrel’s after-Christmas sale last year while she was pregnant with me, anticipating that I would need a visit from Santa this year.)

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On Christmas, Aunt Ellie and Uncle Wade came over and we opened presents.  I didn’t expect to get almost all the gifts, but I did!

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Uncle Dedo and Aunt Holly came over prior to Christmas and gave me a set of Manhattan Toy farm animals.  Thanks, everyone for making my first Christmas wonderful!

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One thing is for sure, Mommy and Daddy definitely think Christmas is more fun with me around!

20 Inches of Snow!

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On December 19th, we had about 20 inches of snow fall in the DC metro area.  It was the first time I saw snow and felt snow!

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Daddy had to shovel it all off of the driveway in about three batches because the snow was coming down so quickly.

After it stopped, Mommy and Daddy quickly made a snowman for me while I was napping.    It wasn’t the best snow for making snowmen, but with their joint effort, my first snowman was made!

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Here’s how Mommy and Daddy got creative with the parts of the snowman:

Eyes = dog biscuits

Eyebrows = squash

Nose = carrots

Smile = raisins

Buttons = carrots

Arms = tree branches