Fourth Christmas

We celebrated our fourth Christmas together this year – I can't believe it's been so many! This year, Ethan was much calmer in December. He didn't really start getting nutty until the day before, about normal for any kid.

Ethan has actually been pretty generally wonderful. A few time-outs, but mostly just sweet and much easier to be with. Sometimes you don't realize how hard things are until they get better.

Santa & Grandparents

We were dealing with both of Ethan’s dad’s parents being in the hospital this week. Mark is down South helping them out, and Ethan and I are holding down the fort here. It isn’t affecting Ethan’s routine too much, so he seems to be doing ok, especially since he has never met these grandparents.

The other night Ethan said he wasn’t sure if he believed in Santa Claus because his friend Jonathan said it was your parents who put out the presents. Somehow I evaded the question, and we came up with the idea that he could do an experiment – he could try to wake up Christmas night and see if he saw Santa, or if it was his parents. He seemed pretty satisfied with that plan, except that he worried that he wouldn’t get any presents if Santa saw him.