Christmas Joy

The picture at the bottom right says it all. Christmas Joy

Merry Christmas

We wish you all a very Merry Christmas!
As Quinn said today, "I guess what I wish for really does happen on Christmas... Magic!"
Hope all your wishes came true today.

Pet Adventures

The boys have a Saturday morning ritual these days, it is call Pet Adventures. They start asking on Monday if it is Saturday yet so they can play. The picture above shows their special pets that they have slept with all their lives and these 2 are the leaders of pet adventures. There is no telling where the pets and their other stuffed croneys will end up going on any given Saturday but they are always ready for adventure. Pets have been to Gnome, AK and dealt with the Malaria outbreak, the center of the earth, India, Medieval times to be knights and they have even been to space to repair the Hubbell Space Telescope.  I love this ritual for so many reasons. It is the one thing they have created together that they both love, it is one of the few times they act like the best friends they claim to be and it is a window into their imagination that is precious.

Corduroy Comes Home

At Nolan 's preschool they have a Corduroy bear that goes home with each child once each year. The children take Corduroy on "adventures", write about it in a book, draw a picture of their time with the bear and return him to school. Nolan's turn came on Friday and he was SO excited. Here is the "Adventures with Corduroy" that Nolan wrote about his time with the little brown bear this weekend.

"Corduroywent to my Grandma and Grandpa's farm with me. Me and Corduroy and Daddy watched the BB gun range. QUinn shot thee BB gun at the target. Then we went inside and watched "Before the Dinosaurs" and we played LEGOs , knights and army men. My Grandma read all the books in the bag to me and Corduroy. We even got to listen to a Star Wars tape. I am going to sleep with my pet and Corduroy and Corduroy is going to Advent time and light 2 candles. I fell in love with Corduroy and I am sad I have to take him back to school."

How sweet is that?