Christmas Carols

I'm so proud.....we often sing Christmas carols throughout the day and while we are driving in the van. Jameson's favourite is "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer". Stellan's favourite is "Santa Claus is Coming to Town". I'm sure their Sunday School teachers would also be so proud. We'll work on that.

The Christmas Story

Jameson and I had some alone time yesterday while Stellan was still sleeping. We sat together on the sofa and I asked him a few questions about Christmas. He told me that Jesus was born in a stable on some hay. He knew that Mary was Jesus' mother. He could also tell me that the shepherds and the wise men came to visit baby Jesus. When I asked him what gifts the wise men brought for baby Jesus, he proudly exclaimed, "Coal". Uh, close.
I then continued to ask him a few questions; specifially how Mary got to Bethlehem. "On a donkey. It wasn't comfortable!" What insight!

Picnic

We headed out to Target for some necessities. I once again brought the suckers for entertainment. On the way out I decided to grab a lunch from the cafe. The boys each got a hot dog, yogurt and milk (I'm sure they thought the healthy yogurt and milk would offset the hot dog...). On a whim I decided to bring them to the train park so we could have a picnic in the van. It was very muddy out due to the aforementioned sleet/rain so we were just going to stay in the van. Once again Jameson mentioned that the police man would come and tell him to get out of the van and go on the swings. Still cute but he's playing it up now.
We literally sat in the van while the boys ate their lunches. We saw at least half a dozen trains whiz by the park. What great (and cheap) entertainment! I promised them that we would come back after nap time with their boots on so they could watch the trains while they were swinging. We did just that but boy was it cold! They had a blast though so who can complain?

Library

I just remembered this one....
We had plans to go to the museum last Thursday. I met Trina at the mall but we decided that the weather was too ominous and we should stick closer to home. That brought us to the library. It was quite deserted because of the weather, what a nice treat. We played for a bit and then realized that we were just on time for story time and craft time. The boys had a great time dancing around with scarves and bells and listening to the stories. They each made a reindeer out of candy canes (I'm sure we all remember doing those at some point in life). We were sitting around reading and playing when Jameson finally decided that it was time to go pee. (He'd been holding himself and doing the pee dance for quite some time.) I took him to the washroom where he did his thing. At one point he loudly exclaimed, "Mommy, you touch your vagina?". Horror of horrors! Thank God that we were the only ones in the washroom. I had fears that everyone in the lobby could hear us though. I once again explained to him the concept of "private parts" and how no one is allowed to touch them but yourself. "Yeah Mommy, so you touch your vagina and I touch my penis?" Well, he's getting the concept but I think we still need to work on that one.

Dishwasher

So our dishwasher has never really worked properly. It's to the point where we have to practically wash the dishes before putting them in the dishwasher. Seems a bit pointless. So we called the landlady and she made a call to the repairman. He showed up bright and early at 7 am this morning. (The one good thing with the first appointment of the day is that they are on time.) Thankfully we were all awake (I wasn't technically "up" but I was awake). The boys warmed up to him quite quickly and would turn around on the sofa and say, "Man, what are you doing?". Honestly, I think they said that 20 times while he was here. He was so patient. They would wander over and see what he was doing and then say, "Are those your tools?". He patiently answered that, yes, indeed they were his tools.
He had to go back to his van for a minute so I took the opportunity to change Jameson out of his pjs. While I was changing him he commented, "That man has a penis but you have a vagina mommy". Thank God for small favours, he was still at his van. (Note that Jameson now proudly says "vagina" instead of "magina".)

Awesome

Jameson and I were cuddling on Sunday when he looked at me and said,
"Mommy, I love you. You are awesome. But....I'm super awesome!"
I'm thinking my son doesn't have self-esteem issues!