I love Christmas. It's such a beautiful time shared with family and friends. I also love all the shopping, decorating and preparations leading up to it. Yes, I must admit that I am starting to get a bit excited about the festive season right now!
It's also that time of year when the very special letter to Santa needs to be posted. With a little help from me, Damon wrote his letter the other day. He was very excited about writing it and of course decorating it too! It was so gorgeous and I wanted to take a photo (or even a photocopy) of it to share, but in his great excitement, Damon grabbed himself an envelope, put his letter in it, sealed it and wrote Santa's name on the front, all whilst I was busy feeding the baby. Anyway, I was quite relieved that he made some 'sensible' requests for presents and there were no major surprises - a toy laptop that has batteries and lots of buttons on it, some crayons, oh and some red clothes! At that age, you just never know what they might come up with!
My favourite part of his letter read,
"Can you please bring Rowan something too - not coal!" Good to see he's thinking of his brother!
I also had a little chuckle about the part that said, "I have been a good boy today." No mention of the rest of the year, just today! It was all very cute.
So, now his letter is just waiting to be properly addressed (Santa, The North Pole, 9999). Tomorrow I will help Rowan to write a little letter too, then off to the post office we will go ...
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| Damon's letter to Santa, all ready to be posted! The gorgeous reindeer was a gift from one of my students quite a few years ago - handmade by her clever mum! |
Although the Magic of Christmas entails far more than the giving and receiving of presents, the Christmas shopping has to be done! Over the past month I've actually been putting a lot of thought into the gifts for my boys. There are so many absolutely gorgeous things around for kids at the moment, which is great, but it can also be a bit overwhelming! The boys already have a lot of toys, so I have been trying to think of things that are a bit special and will last for a long time (nothing to rubbishy, if you know what I mean), things that are suited to their developmental stages, things that will inspire their creativity and things that I know they are/will be interested in. Of course, the all-important Santa letter needs to be taken into consideration too!
So, I've been making my lists and, between several trips to the gorgeous kids' stores in town and some late night online shopping, I've actually come up with some things that I'm pretty excited about giving the boys. I still have a bit of shopping to go, but I am getting there. As for the rest of my large family ... I still have a lot of thinking and shopping to do before the big day! Looking forward to it though.
Happy Christmas shopping, everyone!
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