Eliot started talking about xylophones months before Christmas. Not asking for one, really, just seeing them everywhere (puzzles! books! out playing!) and always mentioning them to us. In October we decided we were going to get him one for Christmas and the wait for him to finally get one was likely harder on me than him!

I talked about it all the time. “You’re getting a xylophone!! Yay!” There was no surprise factor. 😂 (He was so thrilled and a little confused on the wait.)

The anticipation & having to practice patience was good for me, I don’t find myself complaining about the noise (because… it’s just noise… not music... yet😂). I’m just happy to see him so happy!