Yep, we’ve started in full force.
After Daddy and Brendan took one more tumble in the leaves….
And they did a little reporting on Thanksgiving at school: (‘Papi’ = puppy. Love that I can just hear his voice saying this)
(love his answer – we did not have sausage or cookies at Thanksgiving. there was a salad, but Brendan wouldn’t touch it with a ten foot turkey drumstick)
We got his room decorated with his seasonal shelf – that’s Stanley the Snowman in the corner. He’s handmade, but not by me. I did make the little forest to go with him though.
And we put up his mobile and his Merry Christmas sign:
And this year I made him a super soft flannel crib sheet and pillow case! I had planned on buying something, but I couldn’t find the right one, and turns out it’s super easy (thank you pinterest!)
(The hearts weren’t Christmas decorations, they were just hanging out in the bed with George the monkey when I took this picture. I made the little heart and put extra love and kisses in it so he could keep it under his pillow. There are two because I made one for Daddy too when he went on a trip, but he’s letting Brendan borrow it.)
Grandma let me have the advent calendar she made me when I was a little girl. We used it last year and it is still as magical as it was when she filled it for me – but this year I decided to make a new one for Brendan. He is really getting good at counting, and the one I used did not have numbers on the pockets (Grandma reminded me that she put the numbers on the gifts…). So we created one with numbers:
Sidenote: we had a REAL family movie night the last night of November (real = big bowl of popcorn and candy) and note to self: even a few red and green M&M’s are not the best idea for a toddler near bedtime.
So the morning of the first was not our best morning. He didn’t get the advent calendar, and I didn’t force the issue. Then later that day we tried again. Once he opened the first pocket (a wind up Santa), he wanted to open more – but we explained that wasn’t how it worked. The second day, he came downstairs, looked up at the wall and said, “Ohhhhhhhh!” with a big smile on his face. He still wanted to open more, but we explained once again. Today, the third day of advent, he figured out that together we count each day, and so after he opened third pocket, he offered to keep counting. Still no dice. We’ll see what happens tomorrow.
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We also had REAL family breakfast (real = popovers with Grandma’s strawberry jam and a cheesy egg scramble).
Then after naptime, we went to meet Santa. Brendan and I had practiced how it would go, and he told me he was ready. Every time we ask him what he is going to ask Santa for, he says, “A race car, and another race car”. Sometimes he adds that they will be blue. He did great. Santa did great. But the picture people somehow FORGOT TO TAKE PICTURES!!! So we missed all the initial faces of delight, and actually had to get BACK onto Santa’s lap to pose. Oh well. Still adorable. Here is a high tech scan of the photo we got (it’s a picture of the picture taken with my cell phone):
There were other wonders at the mall, like ice cream (frozen yogurt…):
And a nice man who let Brendan drive his red race car:
And of course, the choo choo train:
There was an ice skating rink set up too! We watched the people skate, but there is only so much excitement a boy can take in one day. We’ll be back. (sidenote: today there was a big weather news story that it was 46 degrees in Oakland. A real cold spell. Brrrrrrr)
Somebody is also getting to be a real expert in decorating the tree:
It was a pretty nice start to the season.
