Jessica, Rachelle, Stephanie :: Oak Creek, WI

Jessica :: Oak Creek, WI

Jessica Got Dora’s Magical Castle :: Oak Creek, WI

Stephanie Got PSP :: Oak Creek, WI

On Christmas morning Jess crawled into bed with me and told me they had already opened gifts from Santa. I think. It’s hard talking to a chatty 3-year-old. It’s like talking to a drunk person. The twists and turns and fibs are nearly impossible to follow. And there’s no reasoning. I tried to ask her why she doesn’t like Dallas. If he scares her or if she thinks he’s mean or too silly or if his voice is too loud or if she thinks he looks strange or what, but I got no where. So I tried to tell her that it was pretty mean to say that she didn’t like someone, but she didn’t seem to care about that. I asked her how she would feel if Stephanie came in and said “Jessica, I don’t like you any more” and she basically told me that wasn’t going to happen because she is “Grandmas Little Girl.” Well, la dee dah! We even tried to guilt her. “Jessica, Dallas got you this new Curious George movie and you won’t even say ‘thanks’ to him?” No dice. I asked her if Dallas was invited to her next birthday party and she just kept saying “I like you better” and that Dallas could go to Stephanie’s birthday party. It’s kind of a frustrating situation, but one I think she will grow out of. She didn’t like to be held by any men except her dad when she was a baby. Maybe this is leftover from that. I think when she’s older we’ll say “Hey, did you know there was a 2-year period when you wouldn’t even talk to Dallas?” and she won’t even remember or know why.

Anyway, Jessica jabbered for about a half hour and my brother came in to say we needed to open presents from Santa. .. which Jess already told me they did, and then in the next sentence denied that there were any presents from Santa, then in the next sentence told me she was getting Dora’s Magic Castle from Santa. Which she did. She didn’t even seem that excited, but I think it’s because she’d been telling everyone for so long that she was getting it.. she didn’t even realize that it was a possibility that she wouldn’t get it. Dallas said she needed to learn a lesson in disappointment. Maybe that’s why she won’t talk to him!

Stephanie’s big gift was Play Station Portable. The night before she told Santa in a note that she wanted Nintendo DS and Nintendogs. My brother was so irritated.. I guess it was a last minute switch, but I think Steph was happy with her gift anyway. She did get a stomach ache after writing the letter and getting my brother annoyed, though. She’s always had a nervous stomach. Christmas is so stressful for kids! Steph is still an inbetween age where she likes toys but is starting to like clothes and scented bath/shampoo products and lip gloss and things like that. I think it’s a hard age because you’re stuck where you’re not really a little kid, but not a teenager yet.

We all had fun anyway. It goes by so fast.