He has done remarkably well with the Christmas tree--we've had no ornament casualties, and he's very gentle when he does look at his favorites. He loves the tree lights and spends quite a bit of time sitting next to the tree watching the lights blink. Under the tree sits a tiny little train set that I had when I was a child--and of course this has become an instant favorite.
Colorful lights line the window in our book nook that twinkle merrily when the sun goes down and cast a festive light for us to read by. And of course Little Man wasn't going to let me have all the fun when it came to decorating. He's been busily gluing fruit loops to construction paper Christmas trees in all different sizes for his very own snow village. We also put the fruit loops to good use to decorate a star that is now perched on the top of our tree. The centerpeice of his village is a foam gingerbread house which he decorated enthusiastically with stickers. He was also an excellent help when it came to assembling the train holiday cards I made to send out to family and friends.
And it wouldn't be the holiday season without baking, would it? Our little family has spent a fair amount of time in the kitchen this holiday. Little Man made graham cracker cottages covered with vanilla icing, M&Ms and fruit loops (they have been ever-present in our crafting recently). I spent some quality time with my glue gun and a bowl full of candy and made candy trains to give as gifts.
And we made a family affair of decorating several dozen train-shaped sugar cookies. Husband, Little Man and I spent a memorable evening in the kitchen laughing, shaking sprinkles and getting very sticky.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas--and Christmas has never looked better.
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