I’ll let Mom Expert Cecilia from Cool Baby Kid explain the title of this post. Oh, and by the way…I’m not either 
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I’m not pregnant! This is an important fact since each of the last two Christmas holidays I was either pregnant or just had a baby, so I’ve haven’t been able to ask for clothes, or even shoes, for a while. This year both were a top priority on my list. But aside from those items, I’m also asking for iPhone accessories since I recently upgraded to a 3G and need a new cover and armband. Of course, any wishlist worth it’s while should include multiple items from Sephora such as Philosophy’s Hope in a Jar. The blog is also taking center stage this year, so I’m also asking for a laptop and fancy-schmancy business card holder just in case I make it to BlogHer. Rounding out the list is another top priority, jewelry. The Fine Art of Family, or anything similar, would be ideal so I can show off the cute kiddies and be stylish at the same time…now that I’m not pregnant!
Today Wishpot Mom Expert Dana of Babyluxe Daily and The Winning Pitch shares a story that her and her child enjoy reading together.
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The best thing to do on cold chilly nights is to curl up with your kiddos in front of the fire and read all the classics stories!!
Now my 7 year old is doing a lot of the reading and most of our holiday story books are getting too easy for him. And since it’s 2008 and technology is great we can sit with the laptop and read stories we find online! You will be amazed at the treasures in reading you can find via the internet!
Nothing is better than an old book with torn pages {I shouldn’t say old, I should say a “loved” book with torn pages}, but it’s fun, and cheap, to search all the free engines online and find brilliant stories, especially for this season.
So here’s one for you today that my sons enjoy, to help you bring in the New Year after your holiday is complete!
One cold morning Maurice awoke from his dreams and sat up in bed and listened. He thought he heard a knock at his window; but though the moon was shining brightly, Jack Frost had been so busily at work that Maurice could not see through the thickly painted panes. So he crept sleepily out of bed, and opened the window, and whispered: “Who is there?”
“I am,” replied a tinkling voice. “I am the little New Year, ho! ho! And I’ve promised to bring a blessing to everyone. But I am such a little fellow I need somebody to help me distribute them. Won’t you please come out and help?”
“Oh, it’s so cold!” said Maurice; “I’d rather go back to my warm bed; ” and he shivered as Jack Frost, who was passing, tickled him under the chin with one of the frosty paint brushes.
“Never mind the cold,” urged the New Year; “please help me.”
So Maurice hurried into his clothes, and was soon out in the yard. There he found a rosy-cheeked boy a little smaller than himself, pulling a large cart which seemed to be loaded with good things. On one side of this cart was painted the word “Love,” and on the other “Kindness.” As soon as the New Year saw Maurice he said, “Now please take hold and help me pull;” and down the driveway and up the hill they travelled until they came to an old shanty.
“Here is where I make my first call,” said the New Year. Maurice looked wonderingly at him. “Why, nobody lives here but an old man who works for us; and he hasn’t any children!” “He needs my help,” said the New Year; “for grown people like to be thought of just as much as children do. You shovel out a path to his door, while I unload some of my blessings; and the little hands went busily at work, piling up warm clothing, wood, and a new year’s dinner, the New Year singing as he worked:
“Oh, I am the little New Year; ho! ho! Here I come tripping it over the snow, Shaking my bells with a merry din; So open your door and let me in.”
Old Joe, hearing some noise outside, came to the door, and when he saw all the nice gifts the tears ran down his cheeks for gladness; and as he carried them into the house, he whispered: “The dear Lord has been here tonight.”
“Where am we going now?” asked Maurice, as they ran down the hill. “To take some flowers to a poor sick girl,” answered the New Year.
Soon they came to a small white house, where the New Year stopped. “Why, Bessie lives here,” said Maurice. “I didn’t know she was sick.” “See,” said the New Year, “this window is open a little; let us throw this bunch of pinks into the room. They will please her when she wakes, and will make her happy for several days.”
Then they hurried to other places, leaving some blessing behind them.
“What a wonderful cart you have,” said Maurice; “though you have taken so much out, it never seems to get empty.” “You are right, Maurice, there is never any end to love and kindness. As long as I find people to love and be kind to, my cart is full of blessings for them; and it will never grow empty until I can no longer find people to help. If you will go with me every day and help me scatter my blessings, you will see how happy you will be all the long year.”
“A happy New Year!” called some one; and Maurice found himself in bed, and his sister standing in the doorway smiling at him. “Have you had a pleasant dream, dear?” she asked.
“Why, where is the little New Year?” said Maurice; “he was just here with me.”
“Come into Mamma’s room and see what he has brought you,” answered his sister. There in a snowy white cradle he found a tiny baby brother, the gift of the New.Year. How happy Maurice was then! But he did not forget his dream. Old Joe and Bessie had their gifts, too, and Maurice tried so hard to be helpful that he made all his friends glad because the happy New Year had come.
“What’s that little icon on your task bar?” He asks, leaning over my shoulder in that irritating way that makes me freeze up and completely forget what I was in the middle of writing.
“Which icon?” My task bar is three lines thick, and it’s definitely not short on icons.
“The smiley guy with the goofy hat.”
“Ah, that’s my Wishpot button. It’s the thing that’s helping me the most this year. Every time I see something that would be perfect for me or the girls I just click on it and it puts it in our wishlists. Then anyone can access the lists and see what we want.”
“That’s cool. Makes it easy. So? What’s on your list?”
“Uh… A sports bra. A steam vacuum. A salad shooter.”
“Wow. Well, at least your little button is cool. Maybe one day you’ll have something cool on your wishlist too.”
“I have a Wii on there. Does that count?”
“Well, it’s better.”
“And I can put a Kindle! Or the mini laptop I’m coveting!”
“OK. Now you’re just getting carried away. It’s a wishlist, not a wishful thinking list.” He moved too fast. The cushion I lobbed at him missed him by a mile. But I put the mini laptop on the list, you know, just in case.
Jessica is the Wishpot “Been there bought that” Mom Expert and a busy writer mama who is constantly trying to juggle writing, childcare, and housekeeping. Let’s be honest, kids and writing usually win which explains the sad state of their home. She blogs every day at It’s my life… and does frequent product reviews and giveaways at The Lemonade Stand.
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