A wonderful Christmas day was had by all.
Archive for December, 2006
Best Friends
Last night, I got into bed with Coco because she was having a hard time getting to sleep. I said I would stay only if she kept her eyes closed. This worked for ten minutes. Then, she began wriggling. Wriggling turned into playing. She tried to squish my lips together. This went on for some minutes. I gently reminded her that I was going to leave if she didn’t settle down. She threw an arm around my neck and hugged me tight, nestling into the pillow. When she looked at me again, she said, “best friends.”
Sunrise
The sunrise shot a few moments ago from our bedroom window. Minky pointed it out.
Maudslay
Today we spent the morning walking through Maudslay State Park. Maudslay is a small, beautiful place at the edge of the Merrimack river. At this time of year, it is nearly deserted. The view is quite dramatic, as the wide river and a brige spanning it, is visible a short distance into the park. Today there was a dusting of snow, which made it seem very Christmassy.
Minky loved every minute there. She climbed, ran, and “ice skated” on the small frozen puddles.
The only sour note of the day is that all of the photos we took were somehow lost–an unusual, upsetting occurrence.
The main purpose of this entry, though, is to make note of something Daddy said to Minky, as he carried her down a steep, slippery hill.
“I might fall,” he said, “but if I fall, do you know what I’m going to do? I’m going to get right back up.”
Maybe she’ll read these words one day and adopt them as her credo.
