Best. Christmas Present. Ever.

Lucia and Finn (with plenty of help from their parents) went all out for Clio's second Christmas (I keep wanting to call it her "First" Christmas- last year she seemed to have an excellent time, but clearly had no clue what this pagan celebration of trees and presents was all about). Check out the colossal gift, and the impressive wrap-job:


These kids could NOT wait for Clio to open this up. Unfortunately for them, Clio fell asleep in the car on the way to their house, and ended up napping through lunch, causing them to wait an interminably long time. Finn spent some of that time INSIDE the gift, moving the whole thing around like it was on remote control. I spent much of that time telling my parents that they were going to inherit this house of a present, and that Clio could visit it when she came to town. Maud assured me we could get it back to Brooklyn.

Maud, of course, was right: behold the genius of the pop-up house (Finn and Lucia each did a lot of demonstrating)


In addition to the new house, just perfectly Clio-sized, one of the greatest things about spending several days with Clio's cousins was this:




Clio and Lucia are about 2 years apart, and they could not have had a better time together; maybe this second baby wasn't such a terrible idea after all!