
My youngest grand-daughter, Mikayla, is 16 months old. I doubt she will read this blog entry, so it is safe to post her Christmas present for this year.
When her older sister, Lexie, was this age, and beginning to talk, I made fabric postcards for her, each one featuring a photo of one of the VIP’s in her life – grandparents, nanny, parents, etc.
So I’d like Mikayla to have a similar gift. This is a fabric Christmas tree panel, attached to a well padded, stretched canvas. Each ornament (also fabric) has the face of someone she knows, and can be put on or pulled off, using the Velcro strips on the front of the tree, and the back of each ornament. If nothing else, she will have 16 little round pieces of fabric to carry with her, chew on, loose, etc. As she learns to say everyone’s name, she can point and identify them with a photo.
So Maddy, if you are reading this, I made your face ornament wrong, and will fix that. There is one more aunt and uncle couple who still need to be added, too. Plenty of time for that.
Merry Christmas, Little Angel.