I love Christmas and especially Christmas trees. Every year the day after Thanksgiving Caleb and I have gotten our Christmas tree. I would get it earlier if I could but Caleb won't allow it. I love the smell and look of real trees and I will never willingly own a fake tree. I would rather sacrifice some of my Christmas presents in order to afford a real tree than buy a fake one. To me it is the start of Christmas. Growing up it was always so exciting to go and get our tree. We would all go together to pick it out and we would bring it home and turn on Christmas music and decorate it. It just doesn't feel like Christmas until the tree is up. I am already instilling that love of Christmas trees in Joshua. The first thing we do every morning is go downstairs and turn the Christmas tree on. He gets all excited and points and giggles all the way down the stairs. If I forget he comes and gets me and will bring me into the tree. As you can see thee bottom two feet are a little bare. We put all our kid friendly ornaments down there and he like to pull them all off and then put them on again. The other thing he loves is my nativity set. We have it up on our book case and he always wants me to hold him and tell him the story about baby Jesus. We move the characters all around and act it out, he is always the lambs and does his best little Baaaa.
Other news in our house is that Joshua is now in a toddler bed. He loves the extra room and has been sleeping much better. Although he still ends up in our bed at about 2 am every night. I don't mind I love the snuggling and there is nothing better than being woke up by his smiling little face saying "Hi!". I still remember sleeping in my parents room when I was little. My mom use to make me up a bed on her floor for me when I was scared, some how nothing could get me in their room and I want Joshua to feel as comfortable and safe with us. They don't stay little for ever so I figure I better enjoy it.
Other news in our house is that Joshua is now in a toddler bed. He loves the extra room and has been sleeping much better. Although he still ends up in our bed at about 2 am every night. I don't mind I love the snuggling and there is nothing better than being woke up by his smiling little face saying "Hi!". I still remember sleeping in my parents room when I was little. My mom use to make me up a bed on her floor for me when I was scared, some how nothing could get me in their room and I want Joshua to feel as comfortable and safe with us. They don't stay little for ever so I figure I better enjoy it.
So I have to mention this shirt. This wonderful lady brought us a big bag of hand-me-down clothes for Joshua. I was going through them sorting them and stuff when Joshua notices this shirt in the pile. He gets all excited and pulls it out of the stack and starts pointing at the trucks saying vroom vroom! Then he starts trying to put it on. He tried for about ten minutes on his own and finally came to me forlornly and hands me the shirt and says "vroom vroom?" while pointing at himself. So I take off the shirt he was wearing and put this one on him. He was so happy and all day kept getting a glimpse of the trucks and would have to stop what he was doing and point them out to me and say "vroom vroom!" He loves trucks! Now every time he sees the shirt he wants me to change him in to it, so I have to be careful that he doesn't see it everyday. We also got a sheet with trucks on it for his bed and when ever that sheet is on no pillows or blankets can be on his bed to cover them up.
The weather in Vermont has gotten cold so this is now Joshua's outdoor outfit. He hates it and unfortunately don't get out much. The mittens bother him so he takes them off but then his hands freeze and he starts to cry and wants to go inside, it is a lose lose. This is a few weeks ago we are now covered in snow. He is riding his favorite zebra that some one left at our playground.
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