O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree

I set up the Christmas tree last Sat and Jonathan was so excited to have a "tree" in the house. He kept saying, "Tree! Tree!" Then on Sunday, I put up the decorations while he was taking his afternoon nap. When he woke up, he was even more excited to see lights and balls on the tree.

He kept going to the tree every few minutes and repeating, "Christmas tree...Christmas tree." Then he would take the decorations from the lower branches and re-arranged them. So happy to see him so delighted.

The next morning, after taking his milk in the bedroom, he quickly followed Simon down, and kept saying "Christmas tree." I stayed in the bedroom to wait for Jillian to wake up for her milk. I found out later that Jon was so excited while going down the stairs that he missed the last step and fell down! Poor boy felt pain in his heel but still went to play at the Christmas tree.

He also loves the two reindeers I placed at the bottom of the tree. He even hugged them and took them for walks in the living room! Poor reindeers are cuddled, carried, and knocked down by Jon in his excitement. He just can't contain his love for the tree and reindeers (one of them lost the pine nuts on its ribbon).

But we're not going to start exchange gifts this year as Simon's family doesn't have a habit of celebrating Christmas. Well, at least the tree is up. And I did buy just a gift for Jillian the other day at a sale at the local toy store. While I wanted to buy Scoop, the digger in the Bob the Builder cartoon, Simon said Jon already has a lot of toys. Sometimes he just throws them around, so we shouldn't get him a gift. But I said all the toys are hand me downs. Guess I better not spoil Jon. Maybe next year when he can understand the meaning of Christmas.

This year, I made cards for the four children that we sponsor under the World Vision programme. And we shopped for clothes for them last weekend. Why clothes? coz they can be packed flat and sent easily to the kids. No toys or expensive stuff, just things that they need. Hope the presents reach them in time.