Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Monday's Child..Waiting for Santa




Waiting for Santa

Staring out the window
Waiting patiently
Trying to see Santa
Just Jacob and me.

See...
Mum said if we are good
In fact, every girl and boy
Will get a visit from Santa
He'll even leave a toy!

all year we tried so hard
To do everything just right
Kept our bedroom tidy
Went to bed at night.

Helped Mum with the dishes
ate up all our tea
Were kind to one another
Tried as hard as can be.

So...
Dear Santa please hurry
Leave the gift under the tree
What present will you bring
For Jacob and me?

Written by mandy Snow
for monday's child
you can find it here...


Illustration by: Henriette Willebeek La Mair 1920's

In our household of 6 children...I am a realist...christmas to my kids when they have been little was all about santa and presents...lol...the excitement of running to the tree in the morning and finding a gift...or twenty!!!! with their name on it...they know all the other stuff that goes with christmas now, but, you know i am sure....anticipation is such a wonderful thing to watch in your child christmas eve, and every year all my kids have looked to see if they can see rudolph's red nose in the sky....!!!so this photo reminded me of that...and these 2 look like twins so i wrote this poem from Maddie's point of view...
hope you like it...
until next time
lots of it
mandy
xxx

8 comments:

Sarah Lou said...

just beautiful.

just another day said...

That's just lovely Mandy

Carin said...

That's wonderful Mandy! Love that you made it so personal too, yet everyone can relate to it! That's just great!

Trudy said...

Thank you so much for visiting my blog and for the nice comment you left regarding my photo shoot with the skirt I made.

http://sewingwithtrudy.blogspot.com/2010/08/photo-shoot-of-retro-skirt.html

PS Lovely poem. You have a real gift.

Kristin said...

Oooh, I love your poem and the story behind it! You are such a talent my friend! I have yet to do it this week, but was so happy to see yours - I am so glad to know you Mandy, Kristin xo

Unknown said...

it's so sweet....I love the viewpoint....

signed...bkm said...

Wonderful take Mandy on the prompt with the two boys..their anticipation of Santa and the promise of being good for the greater promise of his visit....great read...I am traveling and will be home today...still have to get mine written and posted by tomorrow...blessings..bkm

Kristin said...

Hi Friend!
Check out the goodie bag at the end of my blogiversary post when you can - the Old Maid images on the bottom were put there with you in mind. :)
Me xo

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