One day, Tanner was "pretending" to be at church with one of his friends. We overheard them taking the sacrament water and bread, then passing it along. I love when their little imaginations run wild!
When I told Tanner he couldn't go to church since he wasn't feeling good, he told me, "But God will miss me!" As parents, it's easy to feel like your child doesn't pay attention to anything you try to teach, but these little glimpes help remind me that we must be doing something right.
Tanner liked decorating our home. When we were first setting up the Christmas tree, he saw it in the box and said, "Oh no, it's all broken!!" He was very happy when it got "fixed" and put back together. He also loved putting ornaments on the tree, although he'd easily get distracted and start playing with some of the figurines. He also liked coming home from school and adding a new ornament he made to the tree. He had a very busy month of making cute Christmas crafts at school.
Tanner's other favorite parts about Christmas has to be signing Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph, and Silent Night.
My Little Angel
Tanner's Preschool Christmas Pagent included all the characters from the Christmas nativity. Tanner was very sad about not being one of the 3 Kings -- his favorite part of the Christmas story. All the 3 year olds were angels, but in my opinion, he sure does make a cute lil angel!
Tanner loved singing and doing all the hand motions with the songs. I love how he comes home from school singing new songs. I also loved how he sweetly sings "Silent Night" and knew the sign language.
But my the end of it, his tassle was falling off and it was getting too loud with all the "Jingle Bells" ringing in his ears. Every good thing has an end...
Christmas Baking
We started our baking early right after Thanksgiving so we could have more helpers.
Some of the "helpers" can only be counted on to do one thing -- eat!!
The Pops. These are his favorite cookies to make, a tradition carried down from his mother.
Nanny didn't mind getting her hands dirty either
And Tanner just adores his Aunt Katie!
Ward Christmas Party
We had a special visitor come, Santa Claus! Tanner got really shy at the last moment...
Trains at Northpark
Another Christmas tradition is going to see the model train exhibit.
He requested a Christmas tree with trains running through. Maybe next year...
Texas State Fair Exhibit. This time, Big Tex wasn't so scary now that he's not so big
Next to the Dallas Skyline (aka mommy's work)
Tanner could spend all night in the place.
After thinking about this last December, I'm ready for it to be Christmas all over again. I love the Holiday spirit, focus on Christ, and extra family time we spend together.
