is harder than you might think. On New Year's Eve, I decided to let Julia celebrate by taking a couple of licks of her candy cane that Santa left in her stocking. David objected on the grounds that it would be too messy...I assured him that she would tire of it before it became too messy and handed it over. She LOVED her first taste of candy and was not about to give it up (the tears are just after I tried to take it away). David scooped her up and held her on his lap to save the carpet from the red dye but he was not amused by the mess (I thought it was adorable!!).
