Baby Jesus

The creche is up, and Christian and Tori are fascinated with it and the story surrounding it. They want to know who baby Jesus is, who his mom is, who his dad is, and so forth. They are ready to go to church, so I am taking them this Saturday night. They are going to a class that my friend teaches, while Eli goes to the nursery. Huts and I are going upstairs to listen to the sermon.

We Did It!

Tori, Eli and I took our picture with Santa. It's not a very good picture--Eli was too busy looking at Mom, but we did it. We also rode on the train and did some window shopping. Our Christmas lists are growing each day. I found all kinds of things I wanted this weekend. I found a spaceship at Sam's, a Rubik's cube at the mall, and a gum ball machine at Linens and Things, which I cannot have according to Mom, so don't buy me one. I can't wait for Christmas! Oh yeah, I watched The Wizard of Oz last night, and guess what, the witch was the woman riding the bike in the beginning. Awesome!

Santa

Christian now knows that there is more than one Santa, but the real Santa lives at the North Pole, while the helpers are at malls and such. We didn't tell him this, so he must have been discussing the matter with his friends. Speaking of his friends, another one of them came up and hugged him last night before we went home. Everyone sure does like him.

Is

Christian needs to learn to recognize a whole list of words, and "is" is the first one that has gotten his attention. He found the word in a book several times and is hooked on it. Now, if he would just find another word to learn, we might made some headway on this list.

She Likes Me

According to Christian, some girl in the classroom next door likes him. I don;t know why he thinks that. According to his teacher, lots of kids like Christian, and on, Samer, wants to be him. Samer hugs Christian a lot, so much so the teacher has to stop him. Nice to know Christian talks.

Day Off

Christian has Veterans Day off and he was quite excited about it because he was going to Sharon's. He couldn't wait to see Hunter and Nathan. Hopefully, he had a good time and will be ready to get back into the swing of things tomorrow. We spent last night reading books and coloring and cutting out turkeys in order to collect a certificate for a free personal pan pizza. He likes getting those.

Early Birds

Christian and Eli have been getting up early recently, around 5 a.m., and in Eli's case, 3:30 to 4:30 a.m. The time change has thrown them off. Tori, the night owl, has not followed suit, though she did get up at 6 this morning. I thought that Christian would be tired last night, but he wasn't. He was happy to see me and Tori at after-care and ate his dinner happily. Then he played with his sister until bedtime. This afternoon, it is parent-teacher time. We'll see how well Christian is doing at school.