The subtitle of The Magic Room is “A Story about the Love We Wish for Our Daughters.” I almost ignored it based on that cheese-ball sentence alone, but I was intrigued enough by the idea of a bridal store owned by the same family since the Great Depression to make me pick it up. And then I ended up reading…
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Costumes
What, you don’t dress up for Christmas? Am I confusing Christmas with Halloween? Apparently Ella is too, since she decided to be Victoria Beckham for Christmas.
Pretend This Has a Stamp
If I’d had all your addresses and ordered more cards (who knew 80 wouldn’t be enough), I would have sent you all one.
Adventing in London
A few days before December began, we got an email from Bart’s parents, saying they’d purchased us a digital advent calendar. Even better? It was all London themed. We downloaded it and on December 1st, we started watching the little animations associated with each day (or, we’ll miss a day or two and watch several in a row). You see…
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Presents
Last year at Christmas, Ella couldn’t even sit up. This year, Christmas is much more fun. We have a (really) tiny little tree up and a few days ago, when pajamas came in the mail for all three of us, I wrapped them up and put them under the tree. For the rest of the afternoon, whenever I left the…
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