Five more things...

1) The other day we received a box from Reilly’s cousin Sophia. Reilly took the big cardboard box and put it under the Christmas tree, not knowing there were presents inside. When I opened the box to reveal a gift inside wrapped in pink princess paper, she knew right away it was for her, and made an attempt at opening it. When I explained to her for the hundredth time that she couldn’t open her gifts until Christmas, she begrudgingly relased the wrapping paper from her grip, and then asked if she could put the present in her backpack to keep it safe.

She wore her present around the mall for a good part of that afternoon.

2) The paci is gone, and the the Sleep Lady has once again helped us through a sleep crisis. Goodbye dirty pacifier. I won’t miss you.

3) Reilly always notices when the moon is out, and now that it is getting darker earlier, she has had plenty of opportunities to point it out to us. The other night Papa Bear was watching Reilly over at his house, and they went for a walk around his neighborhood to look at the Christmas lights.

That night it was a quarter moon, and when my dad pointed it out to Reilly, she said, “the moon is broken!”

4) Reilly twice counted to 13 yesterday, both times skipping the number six. I didn’t even know she could count to ten!

5) Tuesday was Shawn’s birthday. On the way to school that morning, I told Reilly that we were going to have a birthday party for her mommy after she got back from school.

Reilly said, “Yeah, and I’m going to have a birthday too. I’m going to have a pink party!”
“What color party is mommy going to have?
“Mommy is going to have a brown party.”

I was unsure how to react, not knowing which was better, a pink party or a brown one.