So, NC turns 1 in a couple weeks.
(Dramatic pause.)
That's right. A whole year. 365 days. 8,765.81 hours. I could go all "RENT" on you and continue this pattern but it seems in fact that there are 525,949 minutes in a year so really we need to stop supporting the lie.
Anyway, NC is turning a year old and we're gonna party. I'm assuming she won't really know what the hell is going on, so we're getting a lot of sweets, a lot of beer, and a lot of yard games for the adults to celebrate.
Since she's not exactly of age yet and won't really be partying all that hard this year, a whole bunch of presents that she will be able to enjoy for the next year of her life will just have to suffice. Here are a few things that NC would love this year:
1- Balancing Tree. This set of balancing blocks would pull double duty since one of my Mr.'s favorite things to do is try and build the most epic stacked up pile of blocks ever, and one of NC's favorite things to do is knock it down.
2- Shopping Cart. NC is gonna be walking sooner than we'd all like her to so no use in fighting it. This would not only help stabilize her in her early wobbling phase, but she would be able to take all of her toys around the house with her, and perhaps even clean up after herself when she's finished (don't crush my dreams here, people).
3- Family Dolls. NC has a somewhat terrifying habit of chucking all of her stuffed animals over the side of her crib to their untimely deaths, laughing maniacally as they fall to the ground. One of the millions of sleep books we read said we should encourage the use of a "lovie"--something that she could use to soothe and comfort her when she is in her crib alone. I know she loves us, so maybe if we had these amazing dolls done up to look just like us, there would be less casualties in her bedroom.
4- Stacking Toy. Again, the stacks of things are a big hit in this house. Plus, NC loves to put things inside of and on top of other things (and then of course, knock them all down). Maybe this will help to curb her need for destruction.
5- Floral Romper. Okay, so maybe this is more for me than for NC. She doesn't give a damn what she wears so far as we can tell, but this would make mama so very happy.
6- Exclamatory! Shirt. A shirt with NC's favorite word on it! Perfect.
7- Classical Music for Kids. As you all probably know by now, one of my life's goals is to show the world that classical music is cool and completely relevant. I use NC as my guinea pig to try out as many different tactics as I can in hopes that she will fall in love with it as I have. So far, it's working pretty well. I think this book would be a good addition to my master plan.
8- Rocking Moose. Every child needs a rocking horse, and we live in CO. Enough said.
Talking about all these presents has me in the mood to go start drinking celebrating early!
xoxo-
mel
