A visit with Santa

This morning Conner and I went and visited Santa at the mall. He has been warming up to him for the past few weeks when we walked by and waved. Today was the day, he wanted to go sit on his lap. Conner very politely introduced himself and shock Santa's hand. Then sat on his lap and told him what he wanted for Christmas. Of course it was a train item which Santa glommed onto and told him how much Santa likes to ride on trains and deliver trains to little boys houses. Conner thought that was great and then very matter a factly told Santa " You know, you are not the real reason why we celebrate Christmas. The real reason is because it's Jesus's birthday." Santa looked aghast for a few seconds and then said, "You are exactly right young man." He then looked at me and said "You have a very special little boy here!". I have to agree with him. I am constantly amazed at Conner and how so often he puts me back in the proper perspective.

This afternoon

Conner borrowed a train from Gommy last night that was my brother's when he was about Conner's age. He has spent most of the afternoon sprawled on the kitchen floor trying to get it to work. Steve came home and was able to help us figure it out. Look at the intensity on his face. He figured out the switch tracks almost instantly as well. Such a special little guy.

O Christmas Tree....

We got our Christmas tree in the rain this year. It was quite a memory. We were all pretty wet and cold by the time we picked out our tree and we ended up with a beautiful (although shorter, than some would have liked) tree (-: We enjoyed decorating it and Conner loved putting the candy canes on. Afterwards I showed Conner how to lay down and look up through the tree at the lights.

Its begining to look a lot like Christmas!!!

Christmas is in full swing at our house! What fun it is to have all the decorations up and begin to celebrate this wonderful season! Conner asks daily if its Christmas today and we keep telling him he still has quite a wait ahead of him.