Lily's new favorite thing is to open up anything that doesn't belong to her. Christmas spoiled her. Now if it's a mail package, letters, or even boxes of cereal - she wants to be right alongside to help you open it up.
That being said, when we returned to North Carolina, we had a stack of over 25 Christmas Cards that needed to be opened. Once I put Marco down for his morning nap, I started to neatly and nicely open up the cards. When Lily caught sight of what I was doing, she wanted to be included. So I sat her down on the floor and let her go to town.
She was so creative and opened up the envelopes in the most unique ways. And after getting the card out, she would sit and stare at it for several seconds, seeing if she could recognize anyone's picture. If she knew who was on the card, they got placed in "Lily's pile" otherwise they got placed in "Mommy's pile."
Lily had lots of favorites and was often very eager to show me which ones they were.
After all the mess was cleaned up, and cards were placed in the fridge - Lily would sneak over to the fridge and "collect" her favorites and tote them around with her saying that they were her cards, not mine.
I feel so blessed to have been thought of by so many different individuals. We received cards from numerous families in our Church Congregation, from almost all of Michal's coworkers, various families we met and became friends with in all the places we lived, and lots of family members.
I love collecting friends, I love collecting memories, and I love collecting Christmas cards. There's just something special about receiving a Christmas card in the mail. It means that you were thought of and special enough to be included on their list.
Thank you for all your wonderful Christmas Cards - and special thank you to the two senders who sent us their cards twice!
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