Before the boys went to bed last night, we sat around the nativity scene we have and talked about celebrating Jesus' birth. I asked Bode why Jesus was born in a stable. He said, "No, he wasn't born in a stable" and proceeded to take Jesus, Mary and Joseph out of the stable and replaced them with all the animal figures and said, "See, there's no room for them." Poor Mary and Joseph...Then we had brownies and made sure to leave one for Santa. And following that we read a Toot and Puddle Christmas book and the Christmas Miracle of Jonathon Toomey book. Bode of course wasn't satisfied with just one reading of each!
This is not only our first Christmas on our own, but it's really the first Christma
s that Bode is excited and sort of understands the gift-giving (well, the getting, really...). In his previous two Christmases, we've gotten away with few gifts for him. Last year it was a stocking full of Matchbox trucks. This year, well, i think we went a bit overboard but certainly had fun doing so! It was really fun spending last night getting everything ready--loading stockings, setting up gifts from Santa. Doug is still such a kid at heart that it was fun to share that time with him and enjoy his excitement and exhuberance.
This is not only our first Christmas on our own, but it's really the first Christma
s that Bode is excited and sort of understands the gift-giving (well, the getting, really...). In his previous two Christmases, we've gotten away with few gifts for him. Last year it was a stocking full of Matchbox trucks. This year, well, i think we went a bit overboard but certainly had fun doing so! It was really fun spending last night getting everything ready--loading stockings, setting up gifts from Santa. Doug is still such a kid at heart that it was fun to share that time with him and enjoy his excitement and exhuberance. 
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