WE LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!!!! Will and Anna are soaking up everything about Christmas this year. They're coming up with questions we never expected.
Will: How can Santa come to our house? We don't have a chimney!
(Who knew that he knew what a chimney was?)Anna
: (on leaving the ward Christmas party after speaking to Santa) Where are his reindeer? I don't see them!
So we're having lots of fun this month. We've played games, made crafts, sung carols, made LOTS of Christmas treats, delivered goodies to friends, and lots more. For pictures, see
Le Sueur Street.
Santa Claus made a stop at our ward Christmas party, and the twins got to talk to him. Anna was brave and sat right up on his lap to tell him that she wanted a dollhouse.
Will was less brave but very determined. It reminded me a lot of the scene in
A Christmas Story in which Ralphie freezes when Santa asks what he would like. After agreeing to a football, he comes to his senses.
That's kind of how it was with Will. He didn't speak at first, but then, very quietly, he said, "IwantaThomastheTankEnginetrackwherethebridgegetssorumbly!" (Translation: "I want a
Thomas the Tank Engine track where the bridge gets so rumbly.") He was so proud of himself afterwards for talking to Santa!
I want to get a video of the twins telling the nativity story. It's so stinkin' cute when they say that the first few innkeepers told Mary and Joseph (while shrugging their shoulders), "There's no room for you." In case I can't catch that, just remember that Will and Anna know that Baby Jesus is the reason we celebrate Christmas. And hearing them sing "Away in a Manger" makes me tear up. Every single time.
1 comment:
You have raised very sweet kids! Isn't it crazy how many words they know, especially ones you don't remember teaching to them?
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