Christmas Thoughts

Benjamin is finally figuring out how to give kisses, at least a little bit. Meron called me up at work a couple of days ago to say that she’d given him a kiss and then said, “Can you give mommy a kiss?” He leaned in and pressed his lips to her cheek. After doing it a couple of times, though, he wouldn’t do it for her anymore, nor would he do it for me when I got home for lunch. Now, I can get him to do it occasionally, but he still won’t do it for his mother.

Santa #3 is tonight at our church. Meron and I were going to go to the FFH concert here in town, but it was at a time where we’d have to have whatever babysitter we got (since my parents were busy) feed him and get him ready for bed, and I for one wasn’t ready to put that responsibility on anyone just yet. So we’ll take him to see Santa tonight and hopefully he’ll have a good time.

Hard to believe it’s just a week and a half until Christmas. I’ve gotten (or at least ordered) most of the gifts we’ll be giving out this year. Most of Meron’s has been taken care of as well, though there may be a small thing or two for her stocking still to get. (And since she now knows about this blog, I’m not saying what I’ve gotten for her! I’d hate to ruin any surprises…..) I still have some money left over from my Grandma to get Christmas presents with. I bought this jersey while MLB was having a 20% sale, so that will probably be my big item. I went looking for the Star Wars DVD Trivial Pursuit last night at Wal-Mart, but they didn’t have it in stock, and neither does Amazon, so I may have to pick out something different. Maybe some Law & Order DVDs?

Benjamin’s been real good about leaving the tree alone so far this year, but I’m wondering if that will change once the presents are under there. He just had a lot of presents to open on his birthday, so he may think all of those are under there for him. It’ll be interesting to see how he responds, not only to that, but the whole Christmas thing. I think next year will be an amazing year for him. I’m not sure this year he knows quite what’s happening yet.

Still listening to my Christmas music. Amy Grant has put out three different Christmas albums in her career. All three are worth listening to, of course, but the best of the three is Home for Christmas, with songs like “Grown-Up Christmas List” and the modern classic “Breath of Heaven.” There are good songs on A Christmas to Remember, including the title track and “Christmas Can’t Be Very Far Away.” The original album, A Christmas Album, has “A Tennessee Christmas” and “Emmanuel” as highlights.

Hope you are getting into the Christmas spirit as well!