TWINKLE TWINKLE

There are times when the magic of this child just steals the breath from my chest and I want to freeze time forever. I also want to dunk him in cream gravy and devour his little fat cheeks.



MJ would be extremely proud of this present opening gusto:



When we get into opening presents from Santa, we GET INTO OPENING PRESENTS:



Welcome to OUR world, Elmo. I believe I am going to tire of your jokes very quickly. And that someone else will not. Thanks.



Parents, take note: this thing is BAD ASS. The entire maze folds up car-visor-style into a carry tote smaller than a manilla envelope. And you can contain a child, a dog AND ELMO securely for, well, almost an hour.



Christmas is about children. About magic and this spirit that moves through you and makes your heart sparkle and shine. While this Christmas would have been much brighter with MJ along side us, I have a constant little reminder by my side of how lucky I am indeed.