Pretend I wrote this on December 9th

20 years ago today,

this boy kissed this girl

 and she couldn't imagine feeling happier.

~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~

20 years later,

She's happier than she ever could've dreamed.

And it gets better every day.

The gig might be up.

THIS. THIS is my child. My youngest child.

He wrote that post entirely by himself. It is completely posted as originally written and not edited at all by anyone else in the family. (One note: "excised" means "existed").

We have video of Thing 1 and Thing 2 (both of whom read our family blog, ahem) debating the existence of Santa Claus. It's hysterical! He applies all kinds of logic and she is starry-eyed magical about it.

Yep, the skeptic and the dreamer - our children, ladies and gentlemen.

LOVE these kids.