Christmas Gifts

Ever since we put the tree up and lined the gifts up underneath, Kimmie has been going in the living room, sitting and pointing to them. She tells us, "Open presents."

We have told her we will open them on December 24, Christmas Eve. Every time she tells us it is time to open the presents, we ask her, “When are we going to open the presents?”

She replies, “Twenty-four.”

Bethany asked her one day who those presents are for. Kimmie answered, “Kimmie.”

Bethany asked her if they were all for Kimmie. Kimmie answered, “Yes!”

I asked her the next day, “Whose gifts are those?”

Kimmie answered, “Kimmie.”

I asked her, “Who else?”

She answered, “Mommy.”

“Who else?”

“Daddy.”

“Who else?”

“Reed.”

“Who else?”

“Bethany.”

I stopped there. I thought that was good enough, just needed to make sure she knew they were not all for her.

Another day she was sitting next to the tree pointing at a gift. I asked her who that gift was for. “Kimmie.”

I turned the tag over and looked. I told her it was for Bethany. That made Kimmie mad. I pointed to another tag. That one was for Daddy. That didn’t make her any happier. Then I found a couple with her name on them. She still wasn’t too happy, but I wasn’t going to go around the whole tree.

Three more days to wait . . . .

--Mom

Singing/Signing in the Bathtub

Kimmie: "Little Lord Jesus sleep hay, reindeer bright nose . . ."

Hmmm.

I wonder if she realizes that Santa Claus and Rudolph are not in the Bible?

--Mom

Aladdin Playing Cards

Kimmie has wanted a deck of Aladdin playing cards for a long time. As I wrote about earlier, she was very disappointed that we could not find them at Disney World.

Well, we resolved the problem and Kimmie now has a deck of Aladdin playing cards. They are actually Aladdin and Kimmie playing cards.

For Christmas we had a personalized deck made using one of the pictures taken when we saw Aladdin at Disney World.

Kimmie loves her new cards. Well, she loves the ones with numbers on them. She’s not a fan of the “letter” cards, Aces, Kings, Queens and Jacks. She throws them and the jokers off to the side.

--Mom

More about Christmas

We gauge the success of Christmas by whether Kimmie actually plays with her new toys. Often when she receives new toys she will poke at them for a minute or two and then never touch them again. (Except to dump them into a heap on the floor, just cause everything has to be on the floor.) This Christmas was a success. She is still playing with many of her new gifts.

Four days after Christmas and we are still watching Danny Phantom DVDs. She is still wallowing with her new Pooh fleece blanket. She is still playing with her black genie lamp. She has played with her new Geomag sticks that are a new color, neon pink and orange. She continues to look at her new books.

And her new Care Bears and panda bear have joined the others that get moved around the room. First they are tossed out of the basket and over her shoulder. Then they might be picked up and tossed on the sofa. Then she might climb onto the sofa and push them all onto the floor. Later she might pick them all up and load them in her "Santa bag" (see previous post), also known as her Pooh bag since it is a Pooh Bear pillowcase. Her "Santa bag" is usually carried to another location in the room and then dumped out.

Christmas, part one, was a success. We will see how part two goes when we have more Christmas on New Years Day.

--Mom

Christmas 2008

Kimmie had a good Christmas. So good, in fact, that when it came time for bed she was exhausted from the excitement and all she could do was cry. She was quite pitiful at bedtime, but cute, cute, cute in her new panda pajamas.

This morning she was up bright and early, laughing and ready to play more with her new toys and watch more of her new movies. Still cute in her new pajamas. We might even let her wear them all day.

--Mom

Kimmie's Excited

Kimmie is excited. Christmas is coming soon.

When Kimmie is excited her whole body trembles. It is like she is giggling from the inside out. There is usually not any sound, just a happy face full of anticipation and the quiver of her whole body. It reminds us of excited puppies.

Tonight at supper she signed, "Thursday, Grandma, Grandpa, open presents, 25." Then she signed "excited" and quivered all over. We asked her what's the name for the special day. She signed, "Thursday, Grandma, Grandpa, 25, Christmas."

Sometimes when there are not small children in the house any more, Christmas can lose some of it's excitement. Kimmie keeps the fun that comes with children and Christmas alive in our home.

Merry Christmas!

--Mom

All Wound Up

Someone in our house is all wound up about the holidays. Since her birthday in July she has been telling us what she wants for Christmas. She usually signs something like this, "Open presents, Christmas. Month is December, number is 25, 25th. Kimmie open present. . ." followed by whatever gift she is thinking of at that moment.

Now that the tree is up and gifts are under it, she is ready to go. The last two days she has tried to tell us that the "number is 25." We usually respond with, "What day is this?" She sighs, her shoulders sag a bit, and she tells us the correct date.

Waiting is so hard.

--Mom