The last few days have been really special…emotional. Seeing Gwendolyn fully embrace the excitement, the rituals, the stories that surround Christmas simply leaves us weak at the knees. We want nothing more than for our little girl to feel happy and included — and she did in a big way.
We started the festivities on Christmas Eve morning with a full puppet/theater performance of Gwendolyn's favorite Christmas books by two super incredible teens and Gwendolyn was riveted! Thank you K and H for being so wonderful!When Gramma arrived we baked cookies, put in extra special love (and chocolate chips), and packaged them up for our local fire station…and, of course, for Santa. We then went on a late afternoon stroll to deliver the cookies to the fire department, meet our neighbors new darling baby boy, and look at the neighborhood lights. When we got home we sat by the Christmas tree and got Santa's special plate of goodies ready. Gwendolyn was very, very serious about writing Santa a note this year. She actually seemed a bit stressed over it (poor sweetie), but she helped craft a very nice letter wishing Santa safe travels and gently reminding him what a good girl she has been 