This Christmas season has been so fun, but as always just flies by way too fast. I'm listening to Dylan now singing "it's the most wonderful time of the year..." That's what inspired the title for this blog.
The kids are really into Christmas this year. Dylan was into it last year, but this is Zoe's first year really understanding it. Dylan knows tons of Christmas songs - in part because I'm always singing them to the kids or we always seem to have Christmas music playing in the background. Dylan is insisting that we bake a birthday cake for Jesus to have on Christmas. Zoe is insisting she has "found Jesus" when she spots him in the manger in our nativity set. I try not to laugh, but it is a bit comical when my two year old Zoe shouts "Mommy, I found Jesus!" over and over again. Dylan had asked for a Bible so I bought the "Early Readers Bible" for him as an early Christmas gift and he loves looking at the baby Jesus and hearing about him. So the true reason for the season is very alive in our house and at the same time Santa is a big part of the festivities.
Dylan has actually questioned the existence of Santa which deeply saddened me, but I've slowly recovered. For now Dylan does seem to believe there is a Santa Claus. He's a very logical thinker (reminds me a lot of his Daddy) and it's amazing how he can put two things together at barely four years old. I'm not ready for him to lose the childhood magic that comes with Santa just yet.
We have an Elf of the Shelf that came from Santa this year. The first night we had him, Dylan and Zoe started fighting over a toy and I told them "Tilly is watching you." Tilly is the name that Dylan and Zoe gave to our elf. Well Dylan looks at me and says "Mommy, the elf is a toy. He isn't telling anyone anything." Geez! Thankfully I have a very creative older sister who is helping me through some of this "logic" of Dylan's.
This is the first year that Zoe has not been at all afraid of Santa. She just can't get enough of seeing him. She talks about Santa all the time. She asks to go see him everyday. Zoe just loves Santa. We've had two encounters with Santa so far, but my girl is wanting more and more.
We have a lego advent calendar this year and Dylan and Zoe both love it. Each day they look forward to spotting the number of the day and opening their little lego gift. Then they can easily spend a half hour or more playing with the lego gifts and the backdrop scene.
Oh, it is truly is the most wonderful time of the year! I'm so blessed to be able to spend each day with Dylan, Zoe and David.
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