the season has begun

i love Christmas, but i love it to start about a week before the actual big day- no sooner.  

my one exception is advent calendars.  i find it helps kids who are WAITING so patiently for Christmas when they have a little tiny thing to open every day.  in the past we have always gotten the Playmobil or Lego ones.  This year we got Asa the  Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar - i couldn't resist.  He is such a fan.  I didn't see anything especially nice for Maxine, so Lee and I had fun wrapping a bunch of little prezzies and hanging them on ribbons.

the cat likes them too.

As Lee and I were working, he said, "Mama- I bet you have an advent calendar for me too.  You just want to surprise me!"  Ugg.  No I didn't!  At 10, he's at that in between age- too old for most toy presents, but young enough to care if he's not getting them.  A promise of a movie date with me or his dad before xmas solved the problem...