I was a little worried a few days ago about JT's attitude towards Christmas. He knows the true meaning, and we enforce that in our house with the nativity scenes, "Jesus's Birthday Countdown" and off of our decorations. But he has been all about the presents this year. So to bring him back to reality I showed him some pictures of poor kids across the world online. As we looked at each picture I made him tell me one thing he is thankful for that the other kids do not have. He was amazed that not only do they not have toys, but many of them sleep outside on cardboard boxes, don't have homes, and don't have food.
After we looked at those pictures we went into his room and decided after Christmas this year we are going to go through all of his toys and donate them to Main Street Mission for kids who need them. We also went to town and bought some blankets, food, and toys for the local animal shelter. He was so proud to take his donation in and pet all of the puppies. He loved seeing the dogs and wanted to bring all of them home just like his mommy, of course I had to say no because Daddy would have got us both. My mom and Will both went with us also, Will tried to bark back at the dogs. It was so precious!
So, I think I helped JT understand a little better what Christmas is all about. He is much more thankful now and has not asked once about his presents or Santa. :)
Since my last post: Will is getting so big! He is wearing 2T now at 7 months old. That is just crazy to me. My brother was even bigger than what Will is and it is hard to imagine. He has started saying a few words.. "Dada, Mama, Bubba, Bye Bye, and Mum Mum" along with all of the baby jabber that goes on he is a talking machine! :) We went to see Santa, the same Santa we see every year. He is amazing, the REAL Santa! He is always at Burger King so we get kids meals and talk to Santa the whole time. He told JT this year that his Poppy was on the naughty list. JT got a kick out of that and tells Poppy all the time now he better be good so he can get off of the naughty list. Will loved him, he kept pulling at his beard and Santa just laughed. I will always remember that day!
