He wanted to wear his Santa hat (a much too large adult sized hat that belonged to David or me and that resurfaced when we unpacked the Christmas decor) all day today. He kept saying "I am Santa. I live at the North Cold". Makes sense--the North Pole must be cold, after all. Our Advent calendar today told us today to look up the history behind the Christmas tree and to decorate the tree. Since we're about a week ahead here, we went over and helped Gran decorate her tree. This time around Dennis actually learned how to hang an ornament on a branch, though he still likes pulling ornaments off and playing with them on the floor even better. He was enchanted by the wooden toy soldiers playing instruments (calling them the marching band) and there were a couple of casualties of his enthusiasm that now need some glue.
Last year the nativity characters had adventures every day. This year, it's the ornaments from his tree that I find in strange places. When I was cleaning his room yesterday, I found Ernie and Bert in the green truck that goes with his farm. Bert was driving and Ernie had his head out the passenger window. Their gold ornament hanging strings were blowing in the imaginary breeze on what looked like a fun joyride. I just love this evidence of his creativity! And though the nativity characters haven't been all that active so far, I have found baby Jesus, manger and all, in the Fisher Price airplane (flying to Bethlehem, maybe?). And Friday I noticed that a dinosaur and a chicken had arrived at the creche and were watching the scene in wonder with the other animals and wise men. Every day is a new Christmas-related surprise (like an Advent calendar for me, I suppose)!
Last year the nativity characters had adventures every day. This year, it's the ornaments from his tree that I find in strange places. When I was cleaning his room yesterday, I found Ernie and Bert in the green truck that goes with his farm. Bert was driving and Ernie had his head out the passenger window. Their gold ornament hanging strings were blowing in the imaginary breeze on what looked like a fun joyride. I just love this evidence of his creativity! And though the nativity characters haven't been all that active so far, I have found baby Jesus, manger and all, in the Fisher Price airplane (flying to Bethlehem, maybe?). And Friday I noticed that a dinosaur and a chicken had arrived at the creche and were watching the scene in wonder with the other animals and wise men. Every day is a new Christmas-related surprise (like an Advent calendar for me, I suppose)!
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