Well, we had another incredible Christmas season. Your Mom and I are always a bit nervous about the presents, making sure the experienxe is fair as you're both atune to counting gifts like an accountant during tax season. There's so much anticipation for the big day, and as you and Matteo are fully competent at calendaring, you have a precise understanding of how soon Christmas will come. You two slept in on Christmas morning, leaving Mom and I surprised to have a quiet hour and coffee before the gift storm.
It's hard to describe how fun it is for us to watch the whole Christmas ordeal unwrap. It's arguably better than being on the receiving end as a kid. You come downstairs and see the tree and presents, mouth dropped and in shock despite the expectation. You got one of the bigger items this year, a make-up vanity for your room, which held the Santa presents: a Harry Potter snowy owl and a witch's cauldron. Matteo got a telescope from Santa, which is pretty awesome, but we also have a lot of trees around our house making it hard to get a good view of the sky. That will probably come in handy for longer nights this summer.
You and Matteo took your time this year, watching each other open up each present and breaking it open to play with it before you went on to the next. That pattern made for a couple hours worth of present opening time, a new record by a long shot and a trend that I hope keeps up the next few years.
In addition to your cauldron, which created a smoky, furry surprise after a multi-step spell, a big hit was a fashion design kit for dolls. Your Mom helped you with the sewing needles and material cutting to help you realize the designs in your head on doll mannequins. It's really fun to watch you in your medium. You spent hours for a couple days designing new doll dresses with layers and accessories.
Moving on from one magical event to another, you are in the driver’s seat to make the tooth fairy come anytime now. You have had two loose front teeth for several weeks and have been favoring them, biting with the side of your mouth to help those near-dead teeth hang on as long as they can by literal threads. Your Mom incentivized you with a tooth necklace so that wherever you lose your tooth, you can store it right away for safekeeping. All that's come of it so far is an empty tooth necklace.
When the time comes, you're hoping to see the tooth fairy and barter for fairy power instead of asking for money. You told us several times that you would like to specifically "get the power to fly," and "want all the very powers in the world, just not the tooth fairy ones" because, let's be honest, those aren't the most exciting.
First things first. We need to get those front teeth out. I realize that will change your look quite a bit, so I've taken a few photos recently to remember the last of your baby-teeth smile before the jack-o-lantern phase comes online. I'll miss the look, but onto the next one.
Love, Dad