Julia and Madeleine received a Harry Potter Advent Calendar from two of their best friends (who are siblings themselves) as a joint birthday gift this year. They have been LOVING the experience of receiving one Harry Potter Funko Pop figure each day; Julia gets the odd days, since her birthday is an odd date and Madeleine gets the evens.
Some of the Funko Pop characters bring more excitement than others.
MADELEINE: (opening a door) I got - (gasping) I'm so LUCKY! I got GINNY!
or
ME: Julia, who did you get today?
JULIA: (with deflated apathy) Igor Karkaroff.
At any rate, the girls are enjoying their new figurines; in fact, Madeleine lines hers up on the dining room table every day and then silently pretend-plays with them. Apparently she's too old to talk her characters out loud in front of us now, so she thinks the dialogue in her head while she picks up the characters and animatedly moves them around.
Here's the most Madeleine part of all in this Advent Calendar situation. She got so inspired by her Advent Calendar that she made her OWN Advent Calendar for the last 10 days before Christmas. I watched her cutting and taping pieces of green paper, under which she had inspirational words, written in cursive on a strip of printer paper. I guess Funko Pops aren't enough of a gift; Madeleine needed double Advent Calendar surprises.
This morning:
MADELEINE: (running over to me) I got Mad-Eye Moody, and: (holding up a slip of paper) COURAGE!
Once again, folks. Madeleine got SO INSPIRED BY HER ADVENT CALENDAR THAT SHE MADE HERSELF ANOTHER ADVENT CALENDAR. That is Madeleine in a nutshell.
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