Christmas with Lola

It was so great to have my Mom with us for a week to celebrate Christmas. Jack really had fun with his Lola and we both wish we all lived closer.

Mom flew in on a Wednesday and we decided to hold our Christmas the following Saturday. On "Christmas Eve" we made brownies and set out one for Santa with some milk. That night we also exchanged one gift - you guessed it pajamas. Big fluffy one ones with feet and a velcroed escape hatch in the back for Lola and for me, and Christmas themed ones for Jack

The next morning, we opened our stockings and mountains of presents. there were so many presents that we actually took a break in the middle! This year Jack really understood the concept of Santa. He was a very spoiled little boy with lots of building, learning, and exploring toys from Lola. We had a lot of fun with the Whoopie Cushion in his stocking and his Batman umbrella is still a favorite - even when it's not raining. One of our favorite games from Christmas is "Feed the Woozle" and Jack cannot get enough of Kumon's Book of Mazes. Our most used Christmas treasure is the cash register that came complete with plastic coins, paper bills, and a credit card. Jack loves to play farmer's market and it's been a fun way to reinforce taking turns, to learn that things cost money, to learn numbers and play out simple math. We had so many gifts that I put a few away for a rainy day. We are so grateful.

Jack loved to have Lola "sleep over" and we enjoyed the simple things like making brownies and reading books together.

We were lucky to have Lola that week too so she could attend Jack's preschool's winter performance where Jack and his class sang a couple of songs for friends and family. Afterwards, everyone moved into the classrooms and the kids all proudly showed us their portfolios for this semester's project = "me". There were snippets and pieces of artwork in their portfolios about themselves like where they lived or what their skin color looked like. Throughout their classroom where surveys like how many people live in your house, what eye color or hair color you have, etc. and selected pieces were hung on the walls. It was nice that she could join us for that and see Jack's school and have insight into what our daily lives are like out here.

It was hard to see her go.

CLICK HERE for more pictures of Jack's winter performance and "Me" portfolio.

CLICK HERE for more pictures of Lola's Christmas trip.

Jack was taken with his Whoopie Cushion:



Jack practicing his numbers: