CUTE THINGS MY THREE-YEAR-OLD NIECE SAID AROUND CHRISTMASTIME

“Pwesents!”

– Her enthusiastic response to the question, “What did you ask Santa for?”

“Blue ones and gween ones!”

– Her response to the question, “What kind of presents?”

“Ready, set… SCARE!!!!!”

– Her attempt to scare Drew’s pretend hiccups away, always followed by squeals of laughter.

“Oh. My. God!”

– Her cutest reaction to a present she opened.

“It’s just what I’ve always wanted!”

– Her second-cutest reaction to a present she opened.

“Look, Mommy! This matches the one we have!”

– Her response to a Dora the Explorer book I bought her, which she already owned.

“Hi, Mommy!” “Hi, Daddy!”

– Two of the only things she said during her pre-school’s Christmas concert, while all the other kids were singing.

“Cheese!”

– The only other thing she said, whenever Mommy or Daddy held up a camera.

“Daddy, I don’t like this. Can you put on SpongeBob?”

– Her reaction to “The Year Without a Santa Claus” DVD we put on while driving in the minivan, repeated every five minutes for the first 35 minutes of the DVD’s 40-minute run time.

“I loved it!”

– Her review of the movie when it was over.