On the first day of December, the Christmas Countdown calendar went up, which Ryder remembers very well from last year. He was so beyond excited that he was jumping around and hooting and hollering with joy. Each day he got a little something in his bag, sometimes candy, sometimes a Christmas themed item and some of them were little paper Christmas houses to build. At first he was unimpressed with the paper houses, and even crumpled his first one up. But after seeing Vivi with hers, he changed his mind and I printed him a new one. Then he arranged them as decorations.
Ryder has always been very excited about decorating, so I expected him to be all over that, and boy was he!! But this year he was also super into wrapping presents. They did a present wrapping activity at school most days, so he obviously really like it because he spent the month wrapping up his toys as presents. He wrapped a few and put them up where Vivi couldn’t get them, but then he started putting them under the tree. As Christmas got close, he wrapped a bunch more and then piled them all into a big reusable grocery bag and pretended to be Santa with his sack of toys, all the while wearing his Santa suit PJ’s that I got him. It was very festive!
Ryder has always been helpful and has done many things around the house, often without asking. All summer long he was the recycling king; a task which he still enjoys! With the Christmas season upon us, he has been extra helpful, in hopes that Santa would notice what a good little boy he is! He even unloaded the whole dishwasher by himself one day- I love it!!
The last couple of days leading into Christmas were so much fun this year. We had a lot of activities planned, so we really kept busy. There was a visit with friends, a trip downtown to the police station to see the lobster trap Christmas tree, our annual Christmas Eve trip to Rockport followed by a screening of the Grinch, and of course, Christmas morning. Ryder was so excited and he loved his presents so much! The pirate ship and fort was a huge hit, as well as the pirate costume and the nerf guns. The kids got loaded up with art supplies and of course some practical items that the parents really appreciate!
He loved that ornament
So happy!
Showing off that ornament
Looking spiffy!
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