We've spent a significant amount of time with Jolly Old St. Nick this year :) We took a trip on the Santa Train in Kempton...
...and saw him at Porter's breakfast with Santa...
...and at the DS Holiday Party...
...and at Daddy's work...
...and finally at brunch with Santa...
We are so incredibly lucky to have the chance to attend all these wonderful events. Penny is still a little unsure of Santa, but she loves Mrs. Santa. Porter LOVES the big guy...he wants a fist full of that white beard and he wants it now!
Penny is at a really cool age. She's understanding some parts of Christmas, but she doesn't understand that you ask Santa to bring presents. For her, Christmas is baby Jesus' birthday. She's excited that we're going to have a party for him and she's excited to see the Nativity scene in church. She plays with her little Nativity scene that Aunt Meggie got her last year...I love to see her pretend and hear her say "Baby Jesus, it's time for bed" as she moves the pieces around. It cracks me up when she makes Baby Jesus ride the bus or fly in the airplane! She's following along the days of the month with our Advent house and really looks forward to opening a new door each morning. It's so much fun to see.
We've been reading a different Christmas book each night in December and she's really paying attention to the stories. She asks questions about Mary & Joseph and tells us that baby Jesus is going to turn three this year :) Her favorite Christmas story is an old Golden Book called The Christmas Pageant.
We are simply having a wonderful Christmas time. I am going to savor these memories...and hope we can always remember that it's not about the presents. It's about spending time with the people you love and sharing the Christmas Spirit! We can't wait for Christmas day :)
No comments:
Post a Comment