An Emotional Christmas Eve for Cecilia

Cecilia had quite the emotional day. Earlier we went sledding and over time the sled started to break apart. First Eric put a hole in it with his knee. Then, with subsequent rides, the hole got bigger and bigger. Finally we decided it was too broken to use, but Emily tried one last time. We all laughed as the sled shattered into pieces underneath Emily. But then we look over and tears are streaming down Cecilia's face. "Why did Emily break the sleeeddd?!?!"

We calmed her down by trying to sled on the radio flyer backup sled a couple times.

Then at dinner I guess she'd made a pact with Eric and Laura. If she ate three tater tots she could have the last one. I didn't know that, so by the time she was ready, I had already eaten it. Again, tears: "Daddy ate the tater tooottt!" We needed ice cream and a book to calm her down.

Then before bed she was sooo excited about Santa coming. In the bath: "I can hear sleigh bells! I can hear a red nose!" After saying goodnight to everyone: "I can hear lots of sleigh bells! 10 of them!" Then as she's tucked in: "But what if Santa doesn't bring me a present?" Urg, I didn't want to get into that. "Shut your eyes, Cecilia." "But Santa won't come unless everybody goes to sleep!" "We will, Cecilia."