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Christmas Season with a 3 Year Old

Posted on by Pints with Pops
We’ve had a fun holiday season so far and are looking forward to the next week and a half getting to spend some quality time with family and friends.
As the Christmas season came into focus Layton found his book about the story of Christmas and Jesus’s birth, so we’ve spent lots of time reading that, many times it’s been read 3 or 4 times continuously. With that he also found his book about the story of Easter. So if you’re reading about Jesus’s birth you might as well read about Jesus’s death at the same time. This led to a more interesting conversation about Jesus coming back after he was buried. The conversation turned to Layton asking about Jesus coming back and that it was Jesus’s spirit. This led to Layton asking about Jesus’s body and “how he poop with no body”? The minds of toddlers are amazing.
Attention: Potential Santa spoiler. Stop reading if you are age 137 years or younger and do not wish to read Santa spoilers.
On the other end of the spectrum, Layton has been rather easy on Santa this year. He’s kept his request the same from the first ask through today. So Santa and his helpers haven’t had to pivot mid-season. It is also a reasonable ask so we are hopeful Santa can deliver. We are also of the mindset that mom and dad will step in for any “big” gifts and requests to Santa should remain modest as he needs to deliver to all the children and may be stretched too thin if he has to bring “big” gifts to everyone. Layton had three visits with Santa this year. Visits two and three were impromptu encounters. The second visit was a little sketchy and flirted with disaster. Layton got up on Santa’s lap and Santa asked Layton’s name. Layton responded “I tell you last week”. Ok, this should be interesting. My wife stepped in and informed Santa of his name. Then Santa asked what he would like for Christmas, same response, “I tell you last week”. Santa was at a loss. Again, my wife stepped in and got Layton and Santa out of what could have turned into an ugly situation. Layton asked after “why Santa not remember”? Again, props to my wife, she explained that there are millions of children that Santa talks to and he needs help remembering who each child is and what they want, that’s why he checks his list twice. He accepted that explanation, crisis averted… for this year. Consider this my apology in advance if my child ruins Santa for your children in any way now or in the future. He’s apparently too smart for his own good.

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With that, I hope you are able to take time to be with those who matter most to you. I hope you can embrace the time you have with your family and loved ones no matter how short the visit may be. I know, as you all do, this can be a stressful time of year going between family visits, parties, and preparing for your own festivities. Take time to stop and pause during it all, take a breath, and give a hug or a smile. We do all of the “hustle and bustle” so we can spend time with those that matter to us, be sure to stop the “hustle and bustle” and be present for the spending time part.

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy New Year!

Merry Christmas!

Posted on by Pints with Pops
It’s been a while since my last post. I hope you have been able to and continue to enjoy the holiday season with your families.
There has been a lot happening in our household over the last two months. The most notable being the basement project after our sump pump incident. That project is still ongoing but making good progress.
Layton is an absolute joy right now. There is a little sarcasm there but he is really a lot of fun at this age. Everything is “firefighter” right now. His grandpa and uncle are both firefighters so he really loves the idea of being a firefighter. That means everything he wears has to be red or have a fire truck on it. Never mind that grandpa’s fire trucks don’t have a spec of red on them. The most recent example of the “red” syndrome was red socks. He wore the same pair of red socks, without taking them off, for two days straight. I realize two days is not a long time but to not take them off even for bedtime is a little ridiculous. Try and take them off though? Not a chance. It’s not worth trying to convince him the world is not ending over a pair of socks. The next night was bath night so we were able to convince him to take them off. Try and convince him to try using the big boy potty using the “firefighters use the big potty” approach and he says “not me”. Ok, we’re not there yet. The firefighter thing has led to some fun moments as well. We were celebrating Christmas with my wife’s family this past weekend and he opened one of his presents and it was a new fire chief shirtwith fire trucks on and he held it up and yelled so excitedly “IT’S MY BIRTHDAY” with biggest smile on his face. Close enough on the birthday idea. It was priceless.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!