A Letter to Santa

The other day we saw Santa at the mall.  We didn’t have time to take a photo, so we promised Brooklyn that we would write a letter to Santa.  Our car broke down again so we’ve been dropping daddy off at the train station and picking him up.  To kill time we go to the library.  Wednesday, Brooklyn was “exploring” the library and brought me a little piece of paper and a pencil from the reference area.  “Mom, I need to write a letter to Santa. Okay, I’m going to write him a letter.”  I figured she’d give me the paper to dictate, but in true three-year-old form she surprised me.  She very carefully drew a line, and a circle.  “There, mom, I wrote a “B.”  “B” for Brooklyn!”  She was so proud of her “letter” for Santa.  I absolutely love how literal this age is.  I got another paper and said I would write the letter for her on the back, “Dear Santa, I want…..” and she told me what to write.  “Good job, mom.” she says.  “You wrote a LOT of letters for Santa!”  LOVE that kiddo!

 

What’s on Brooklyn’s Santa List?  She would like a baby doll, a basket of candy, a red bone to throw to Sydney, and a stamp set and a new fishing pole.  But not the one she got from the Easter Bunny because it broke.  I think Santa can oblige on all but the basket of candy.  The funny thing about this red bone for the dog is our 14 year old dog has never, and I mean NEVER, played.  She is such a stick in the mud and always has been.  I can tell Brooklyn misses her playmates because she constantly tries to get Sydney to play with her.  Luckily, Sydney is pretty tolerant, and usually allows her to pile her with blankets, or dutifully follows her into her room, but, I would not say the Sydney actively participates in their “play.”  She also threatens Sydney with this bone.  She’s a very good driven dog and Brooklyn yelled at her about stealing food the other day.  “Sydney, bad dog!  I’m going to throw your red bone from Santa in the trash!”  And then she cackled!  It was kind of scary, lol.  I am really enjoying this stage of her development.