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Elizabeth's Christmas List, 2008 ...written Dec 16, 05:17 PM by Jeff
- A.G. Doll — Molly + acsesores
- Colored smencils (in a bag)
- Apple Juice (bottle)
- Orangina
- Stuffed hippo
- A.G. Doll cloths
- exersize ball
- Doodles book
- Foutain pen
- littlest pet shop
- candy x 10! (colored carmel candycanes)
- Cloths
- new converse (red)
- hair elastics
- pastels
- Junie B is almost a flower girl
- Tornado
- Prince Caspian (movie)
- stuffed toy elf
- spiral notebook
- purple jelly bear
- sheets
- tire
NOTES and EXPLANATION
The above list is exactly as I found it on the table this evening. I think Mary might have written it — the handwriting isn’t Elizabeth’s — but I’ve reproduced the capitalization and spelling exactly.
An A.G. doll is, obviously, an American Girl doll. Duh.
Smencils are scented pencils.
The girl has plenty of candy and eats sweets all the time. So she’s not asking because she’s deprived. I think she’s addicted. Maybe Santa will wise up and give her some celery instead. That would be worth filming.
I have no idea what she means by a tornado. That doesn’t sound like something that a person would actually want for Christmas, so I presume it means, um, something else. A toy? Candy?
She has sheets on her bed, I promise! I guess she has some particular sheets in mind: we’re not the kind of parents who ignore basic hygienic needs for our children.
The tire is a real tire. The kids ask for a tire for every birthday and every Christmas. And they mean real, honest to goodness, automobile tires.
There’s a story there. When we lived in Massachusetts, we told Mary that we were going to give her a tire for her birthday. She, of course, thought we were joking. And we were. But when her birthday rolled around, we happened to be storing a set of snow tires in our basement for some friends. So we brought one upstairs and set it out with her gifts. And, this is true, she loved it. Of course we had to put it back: it wasn’t even our tire. But it was a very funny experience.
Ever since, our kids have continued to ask for tires. We have not given any tires since, and even though it was a time when Elizabeth was just a baby and before Henry was born, even they ask for a tire every holiday.
Someday, we will give the kids another tire, and they will not think it is so funny anymore.
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A fountain pen? The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree!
— jhw Dec 18, 08:31 AM #
Ah, this is a beautiful post. One of the things they do at Sarah’s kindergarten is encourage the kids to write, without worrying too much about grammar and spelling, yet. And I have to say, I LOVE it. I love that my five-year old writes love notes to her mom (even if we sometimes have to ask her to decipher them). I love believing, at least for now, that my daughter will never be afraid to write for fear she might get it “wrong.”
As for the list, it’s a great insight your kids minds. May I suggest a pet tornado for the stocking?
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— Thom Dec 19, 09:46 AM #