Here is Mr. M and his Christmas Mailbox. Yeah, I know it's pretty pathetic so far, but we haven't had a chance to make it all Christmassy yet. I think Crinkle might bring some stickers tomorrow to help us decorate it!
Matthew got his first letter from Crinkle, the Christmas elf! It read:
Dear Matthew,
Hi! My name is Crinkle. I am an elf and I live at the North Pole with Santa. Your Mommy asked if I could come and bring you a letter every night until Christmas so that your family can do all sorts of fun Christmassy things together. I hope you will enjoy getting my letters in the mailbox each morning! Today, I would like you and Nana to make some snowflakes so that you and Mommy can decorate the house with them later.
love,
Crinkle
So, Nana apparently didn't read the letter quite right and thought that Crinkle wanted Mommy to make the snowflakes so she got all the paper ready but they didn't make any! Doh!! We ran out of time in the evening, but we did manage to get our tree up (literally, just the tree... decorating was to be the next day!)
On the third day of Christmas..
Matthew got another letter! It read:
Dear Matthew,
Did you put up your tree last night? It is very beautiful! I hope you ahve fun today. I would like you and Mommy to make gingerbread cookies! Tomorrow I will have a new surprise for you.
Love,
Crinkle
So Gingerbread cookies it was! Mommy and Matthew had lots of fun making cookies together as we always do. This time, Matthew discovered that cookie dough is even yummier before it goes in the oven :O) adn as always, there was more flour on the cupboard and kitchen than there was in the cookies!
Cutting the shapes out
Gingerbread Men of course!
Tasting the final product :o)
Together, I must admit, Matthew and I ate almost the whole batch throughout the day! We rounded off our night by watching Franklin's Christmas special on T.V. I couldn't have asked for a better night than to be cozied up under a blanket with my baby :O)
On the Fourth Day of Christmas....
Yep, another letter was waiting! This time, Crinkle brought a little Snowman ornament for Matthew to keep on the shelf. His letter read:
Brr... it was cold flying here last night! There is going to be a big snowstorm tonight so make sure you stay home cozy with Mommy and Daddy! Did you have fun watching the Franklin movie last night? I watched it at Santa's workshop too! Today, I want you to paint me a Christmas picture. Here is a present from me!
Love,
Crinkle
Matthew thought it was pretty cool that Crinkle watched the same movie as he did up at the North Pole! Crinkle was right, it sure was a miserably cold day yesterday! Mommy had planned to do a big shopping trip to Cross Iron Mills since she missed her trip to Vancouver, but it wasn't meant to be either.
For some reason, I always feel like cooking when the weather gets ugly... So, at 9am , when the big flakes were already starting to fall, I darted over to Sobey's and loaded up on some essentials to make some freezable dishes. After a full day's work, I accomplished 30 cups of chicken broth, a huge bowl of chili and a batch of spaghetti sauce!
Matthew watched The Little Drummer Boy on TV, and learned more about the baby Jesus. Which I'm hoping is why at bedtime, out of the blue, he said:
m: Do you remember when I was born?
M: Of course (um, pretty sure I was there.. (I didn't say that though))
m: When I was born, everyone was sooo happy and they all brought me presents!
uh huh... maybe we better work on the baby Jesus a bit more....
So today is the 5th Day of Christmas...
We managed to sleep a bit although the house was rockin' and rollin' to the windstorm all night long. I looked out the window in the morning and thought.. hmm... I can see the grass in the backyard, we couldn't have gotten that much snow.... Only to find out that all of it was up against the side of our house thus requiring hubby to shovel for an hour so that I could later get out of the garage!
And of course, there was a letter from Crinkle this morning, but you'll just have to wait until tomorrow to find out what he said!
Tomorrow we are venturing out to Daddy's kids' Christmas party... cross your fingers it isn't -30 in the morning!
sounds like the 25 days of christmas are really working out. i'm glad to hear that matthew is having fun with it. after i get all of the ideas from everyone who is doing it this year, i'll be all set for next year!
ReplyDeletehope you get a chinook soon to melt away the snow.