It's Christmas Already

Ever since people started decorating for Christmas, Lennon has asked occasionally, "It's Christmas already?" "Not yet, almost, it's just the holiday season." I say. "It's Christmas at the zoo." He informs me. There is a holiday event at the zoo every night between thanksgiving and Christmas called Zoo Lights and everything is decked out for Christmas.

Anytime a present is placed under the tree he of course, wants to open it right away. He just doesn't understand waiting yet. Mia has wrapped a few of her toys to give to him and let him open them up early, which he has completely loved.

This weekend Nana and Papa were with us. Yay! They bought a few things to put in the kids stockings, so this morning we told Lennon to call up the stairs to Mia because they had some presents in their stockings that they could open now.

"Miiiiiaaaaaaa!!!!! Eee have pehinks in our tockings! It's Christmas already!!"

Translation: Mia, we have presents in our stockings!

Mia said in the car on the way home from school the other day,

"I wish instead of trick or treating, we could go 'treat or giving' and at Christmas time walk from house to house giving gifts to our neighbors."

In response to that, Claire and I are going to take the kids caroling in the neighborhood and bring along something small like little bundles of cookies or small votive candles to give away to neighbors.

When we opened up all the kids presents from Nana and Papa, Lennon opened these fuzzy, red Elmo hands that make noise when you clap them together. As we tried to convince him to put them on and play with them, he held his hands up to us and said, "No, I like mine hands dat color."