Marlee Said "No, No More Pitchers"!

 Most of the time sweet little Marlee likes to have her picture taken, but  not today. She was intent on writing a letter to Santa Claus. The other day she was told that there was this old guy with a white beard that liked little kids to write him letters. He wanted to know what good little boys and girls wanted for Christmas. Oh there were lots of stories about that old man. Even though Marlee is only two (2) years old, she had heard some of them alright. Some of them were kind of silly. Old fat men can't come down the chimney. At least she didn't think he would fit. And she certainly didn't believe that you had to have a chimney for Santa Claus to find your Christmas tree. She also knew that some children didn't get Christmas gifts just because their parents didn't have money to "help" Santa.  Marlee gave a big sigh. She didn't like that part. She needed to talk to her Grandma B about that part. Maybe there was something that she and her "B" could do about that.
Another thing that Marlee knew was
that sometimes "magic things" happened at Christmas time. She had heard a little bit about that too. She loved to go on adventures and many of them were magical that's for sure. So Marlee was going to go along with the story that Santa Claus knew if she had been good or not.
She also knew that there were lots and lots of Santas that helped the Real Santa Claus. She saw them in stores, in parades and also in pictures. He usually had a red suit on. He had a white beard and little bitty glasses, but sometimes he didn't have his glasses on. He was kind of like Grandma Lu, she didn't always wear her glasses either. Marlee noticed that he was always a happy old man and laughed a lot. Marlee liked to laugh a lot too. So in her mind she decided that she liked him even though she had never met him. Someday she would like to talk to him though.
Well today, Grandma B had told Marlee that she should probably write Santa a letter so she could tell him what she wanted for Christmas. So Marlee thought, yes, that was a very good idea. She had an idea of just what she wanted for Christmas, but it would not fit under the tree. This wish was a very special one. She did not want her picture taken until she was told that if she wrote her letter to Santa, Grandma Lu would mail it for her. Once her "B" told her that, she decided to let her take her picture.

I think about the same time that Santa gets Marlee's letter, the mystery may be solved that has been going on in Marleewood for several days.
Before Marlee started writing her letter she had to think of the exact words that she wanted to say. As you can see she has a small smile on her face.
Marlee, like I have said many many times is a smart little girl. She is getting older and also wiser. She is letting Grandma B take her pictures, but she has a plan. She has a serious plan. No smiles noted at one point.
Then since "B" said that she needed to send the letter to Grandma Lu, she did check the address for her on her tablet. She wrote the address on the envelope and then stuffed it in there as best as she could.
The next time we read about Marlee and her letters we will see the "Other Letter" that she slipped in that was written to someone else.
After she was finished writing her letter to Santa, she thought that her Grandma B's tree needed a little something extra. Hmm I wonder if that was part of the plan?
What is it that they say about Cardinals, again?
Hmm, I think I saw her put a letter on that Cardinals wings.
What was going on?
The magic of Christmas comes in many many ways. This just might be one way.