Decorating the house was easy and fun this year. Claire is old enough now to sort-of help. We had a great time decorating the tree and listening to Christmas music. I expected her to hang ornaments on the lower branches while I worked above, but that wasn't enough for her. She was excited about each ornament to hang. And after each one she would say, "Beautiful! But not beautiful enough!" and grab another ornament. She also did all sorts of acrobatics to hang ornaments where she thought there was too much space in the higher branches. She tip-toed on the sofa arm, stacked Anson's Bumbo chair, boxes, and her bathroom stool, I got out the bar stool but that wasn't good enough so she brought her stool on top of THAT, too. Ay! I would get worried and stand close to catch her if she fell but that only made her nervous that I would take her down and she'd get shaky so I realized I needed to step AWAY for her safety. In the end, she never lost her balance and she did a great job decorating.
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| Claire just had to get to the top of our 7-ft tree. |
Yay for lots of time with family, lots of food, presents, and relaxing.
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| We got to call Uncle Sam on his mission in Brazil on Christmas morning. |
This Christmas has been special. It's Anson's first Christmas. I think it's the first Christmas where Claire is really starting to "get it" but also not to the point where she has expectations. She's starting to get the whole Christmas gift giving and Santa thing, but we've also taken time to talk about the meaning and symbols of Christmas. It's a time when we think more about Jesus Christ, His life and love for us. I've had some magic moments teaching her and I'm so glad that this season means so much to us.
Merry Christmas, everyone!
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