Making Her List, Checking it Twice, and Then Reevaluating Her Priorities

Aliza has made four lists for Santa this year.  So far.  Her first list consisted, predictably, of what she wants:

Sorry it's tilted funny.  I should have switched lenses.

For those perhaps not fluent in 2nd grade sound-it-out spelling, numbers 8, 9 and 10 are clothes, jewelry, and magazine.  I needed clarification on that last one myself.  She's referring to the American Girl magazine.

Then we watched Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure a few times in the past week or so (remember how we were over Dora?  She's back.  She never left, actually, I'm pretty sure we will always have a special place in our hearts and on our DVD shelf for her.) which has the Christmas-is-about-giving-and-sharing-and-caring thematic elements, and I think it made Aliza rethink her list.  So her new list is more of a letter, and looks like this:

Much less me-oriented, although she is still a child after all, so if Santa could possibly manage some M&Ms or Hershey's Kisses....she'd be obliged.  She and I both.

Then she realized she better write up a couple of notes for the boys.  Here they are:

Someday I hope the boys will realize how lucky they are to have such a loving big sister, to look out for them at Christmas this way.  They have been good boys!