Audrey in particular is obsessed with the moving Santa and Mrs. Claus at Jackson's school. She wants to hug Mrs. Claus over and over and over again. It's sweet. Jackson is looking for a boy his age who has interests similar to him in order for us to buy a gift for him.
Ava looks so cozy in her winter coat. I have to beg and plead to get her to wear coats. But today it was raining and she obliged because it kept her dry.
Today Jackson came home telling me at the 'shop' at school where kids can spend their pretend earned pennies on little things that he used his money to buy a gift for each of his sisters for Christmas. He wanted me to advise him on which thing he should give to which sister so they wouldn't fight. He thought (and I agreed) that the hello kitty container would be good for Audrey and the fairy stickers good for Ava. He asked for Christmas wrapping paper and got them all wrapped.
But by bedtime he couldn't stand it anymore and said he just had to give them their gifts. They were so excited and so was he. Until they were all done and then he said he wished he would have saved them til Christmas. I took this as a good opportunity to say that's why you should listen to mommy when I tell you to be patient.
His answer to that is well, I'll just save up more money and get them another gift. But he also wondered since they got an early gift could he too? Um.. that would be a NO little man.
We saw old footage of Jackson a young four and Ava a little one crawling around. It was crazy seeing them like that tonight. I realized I had forgotten what Jackson sounded like and how he didn't pronounce his r's clearly. I could still see parts of him then as the way they are today, but I felt like I didn't know that person. Do you know that feeling. It's so weird. And Ava. Me holding her on my hip. I forget already what that was like with her. Why does it all blur so much. It feels so natural and like you'll always be in that time when you're in it and then poof it has passed and time travels by and the memories grow fuzzy. Life is strange that way. But I know I need to embrace it because it certainly isn't going to change. Thank God for videos and journals and scrapbooking, that's all I have to say. If it weren't for that I'd probably forget most things. Happy 7th day of Christmas everyone. I'm so in denial that I should be shopping. All I want to do is be mellow and enjoy the season. In fact I'm sort of tempted to see if I can do all my shopping online. Really, I think I just might.
I hope those of you that have it are enjoying the cold weather. It's raining here in Los Angeles. We don't handle the cold well, but it's nice to feel more in the spirit of the cozy season. We made chicken soup tonight. But it does mean I need to wait a little bit till the trees are dry to get ours and bring it home. The kids are just chomping at the bit. But it's also nice to spread things out and have something to look forward to.. at least for me it is. Patience is a hard thing for kids this time of year. But there are plenty of chances to exercise it. I'm patiently waiting in excitement over the celebration of our newborn king.
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