Is It Christmas Yet?
Tiny and Buba are so excited and eager for Christmas Day this year. From the moment they started seeing pumpkins in September (yes, I had to remind them that pumpkins are for Halloween and evergreens are for Christmas), they’ve been asking about when they’ll see Santa and when they’ll open their Christmas presents. I keep telling them that it won’t be Christmas for many more days, but it’s really hard for them to understand.
In the last few days, we’ve had their Christmas photos taken,
and we’ve gone to visit Santa.
I would have loved to have delayed both of these experiences until at least after Thanksgiving, but I just can’t handle the mall crowds and business during the post-Thanksgiving shopping days.
Now, of course, Buba and Tiny think that Christmas morning is right around the corner. Too bad our Christmas countdown calendar doesn’t start in November. However, it won’t be too long until I’ll be ready for Christmas music and holiday baking. I’m planning to have both kids choose a gift to donate to Toys for Tots, and I imagine they’ll want to make some holiday cards of their own this year. Hopefully that will help the next several weeks pass quickly for them.
Soon it will be Christmas Day….
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The Christmas Report
Thanks to our wonderful family and friends (who were extremely generous in their gift-giving), Tiny and Buba had a very merry Christmas this year. It was quite a change from last year, when they had no idea what was going on and were just as happy to play with the paper and boxes as they were to play with the toys inside. This year, Tiny was very much into unwrapping presents (I’m pretty sure she unwrapped all of mine as well). Buba did not have the patience or interest to sit and unwrap presents, but he enjoyed playing with all the new toys.
T and I were so busy keeping track of Buba and Tiny and trying to help them with their presents, that there was barely any time to pick up the camera and snap photos. So, this is all I have to offer…
Buba playing the piano/xylophone
Buba enjoying the Busy Zoo activity cube
Tiny trying on her older cousin’s hat
They received so many new toys that we had to put quite a few away for later, because there simply wasn’t room for them all. And this was after putting away many of their pre-Christmas toys. We’ll rotate through them over the next couple of months, which will make it seem like Christmas all over again.
Many thanks to our family and friends for all the wonderful gifts. We love you! Mmmmmwaaaa!