Last year, we spent Christmas at my parents’ home. Little Miss Bean was enamoured with all of the Christmas decorations adorning my parents’ house, but she was completely smitten with a two foot tall nutcracker statue. She stared at it, spoke to it and played with it for hours. On our subsequent visits to my parents’ home, she has asked for it and insisted that Sergent Pepper (the name he was given) be unearthed, despite it being no where near Christmas time. This year, we are staying home for Christmas and I decided we needed a nutcracker; so, I bought one and brought it home to LMB. She, of course, was ecstatic. After some playtime with it, we settled on a good corner in which he should stand guard until Christmas has passed. This particular place has another corner about 3 feet away that was just calling for another nutcracker to make the scene complete. So, I went out and found another nutcracker. When I brought it home, LMB was equally as trilled. She squealed, “They’re friends. Best friends. Best friends forever.” Then, she insisted that the two nutcrackers be placed side by side so that they could, “hold hands”. It was so sweet. I love my little girl.
