So, I have to start
with a confession...I'm a bit "Christmas Crazy" this year. Yup. It is true. I
like to blame it on my child. Really...it is his fault. I am sooooooooooo
excited to experience what I am calling "Landry's First Christmas." I say this
because let's be real, his 1st Christmas he was only 7 months old. He had no
idea what was going on. Last year...not much better. But this year, oh this year
is so much different. We're only 2 days into December and it is already
AH-MAZ-ING!
Back to the purpose
of this post. Another reason for my craziness...PINTEREST! Seriously. It is all
because of my darling child...and Pinterest. Enough pointing fingers...back to
the topic...Christmas Book Advent calendar. I saw the idea on Pinterest and
LOVED it! The 1st/2nd grade teacher in me loved the fact that I would be sharing
a new story with my little one each day. Then the "crazy" kicked in...and as I
started to collect books...I started to plan some activities to go with them.
Yup. It. Is. True. I was able to hold back a little and only planned activities
for the books that Landry would open on a weekend. Unfortantely the weekdays are
just too crazy.
Last night, after
we got home from Christmas Tree Lane, I had his basket of books waiting for him
on the fireplace hearth.
Silly boy! He was
so excited about his basket of books and immediately wanted to open them. I told
him he could open one of them. Side note...no, he isn't blinking...this is his
new smile...a scrunched up face. :)
He knew exactly
what to do!
What was inside?
Elf on the Shelf!!!!! He surprised me by being rather excited about the
book and elf. I was a little worried that he might be scared of the elf...but he
loves him! We read the story and talked about how he can't touch him...only
Mommy and Daddy...or he will lose his magic. We told him that the elf would tell
Santa if he had been good or not. If he is good, then Santa will bring him toys.
He quickly said, "Santa has vacuums???" Yes sweet thing, Santa has vacuums!
:)
We asked him what
he wanted to name his elf and he said, "ABCs"...so, as of now he remains
nameless...but he might be named "ABCs" because when we asked him about it
today...he gave the same answer in a matter of fact, don't you remember, kinda
way. :)
So, here he
is...ABCs!
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