Well, I guess it was a little strong for her tender mouth (or something!) and she complained about it a lot.
So one evening in early December, I suggested, "Maybe you should ask Santa to bring you some strawberry toothpaste..."
Perfect!, she thought.
Perfect, I thought.
About a week before Christmas, however, I found a letter to Santa from Lucy requesting "a beautiful golden dress."
???
Toothpaste...golden dress...toothpaste...golden dress....it's a toss up, I know!
Well, Santa managed to bring both.
And Mom and Dad threw in a little something special with the dress.
Tickets for a special date on December 28th.
Just the three of us.
We prepared with Lucy's new paper dolls.
And a little relevant reading (thanks Uncle Mark and Aunt Julie!).
And on December 28th we had a beautiful, memorable time.
I loved going to the Nutcracker as a little girl. When I was pregnant with Lucy -just days before we learned her gender - Wes took me for our anniversary and we wondered if (hoped) we'd have a daughter to share the tradition with someday.
We're so glad we do.
(Lu has been drawing scenes from the ballet ever since our outing. I enjoyed this particular depiction with the addition of Rudolph.)
(Lu has been drawing scenes from the ballet ever since our outing. I enjoyed this particular depiction with the addition of Rudolph.)
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Enchantment seems to go on and on and on..... May it never stop!
We went the 23rd because I too had fond memories of attending as a small child. How fun to pass it on to your little family. I do miss the old version of Mother Buffoon though.
She is such a darling girl! I love the cute pictures!
Beautiful golden dress... even more beautiful is the little girl wearing it! What a wonderful, magical tradition!
How beautiful is that golden dress! We need to do something like this for our little princess. What fun. I get such great ideas from you.
What a fun memory for all of you! I remember going with my mom and little sister and dreaming of dancing on the stage some day. A few years later, I tried out and made it as a soldier and I think it would be cool to take my girls and point out where I danced when I was 11 years old. :)
This is one of my favorite Christmas memories too. Lucy is as beautiful as ever in ger golden dress.
Lucy and Wes look so charming together. Love that golden dress and am totally jealous of her paper dolls. Those are pretty amazing!
And she's becoming quite a good little artist. Very keen attention to detail.
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