I miss chrismas..

was sam's favorite saying today. Actually he started saying it on the way home last night. When I asked what he meant he explained that he would miss getting presents and they way the people seem to be nice to everyone at this time of year. I reminded him that we could keep the christmas spirit all year long just by being nicer and more considerate to others. he seemed to accept this but what bothered him most was not getting presents again until his birthday!! The song Material Girl could have been written to for him (except the girl bit!!) He did eventually reluctantly conceed that getting presents everyday migh get a bit boring but he reallly wasn't convinced. Guess one of our goals for next year should be kindness to others.

We had a nice christmas eve and christmas. Christmas eve was busy with the cinema and the crib service. We were all so keen to see Narnia but all left feeling vaguely disapointed. Sam has enjoyed the book and the cd but the movie did not capture his imagination and he was put out by the bits they changed. M thought the beginning was too slow and I too was put out by the bits they changed and the casting. Lucy seemed too young and Peter too wet behind the ears. Not really sure why they added in the beginning bit about the blitz, except maybe to educate american audiences who may not know about the evacuation of children in the last war. I have to say that that bit was well done and I was crying as the train pulled out. I can't imagine sending Sam away not knowing the people he was go to or how long it would be before I saw him again. All in all we decided that Polar Express wins our vote for best xmas movie we have seen as a family.
We had a mad dash from the movies to church-where we made it just in time for sam to carry in one of the crib sets. He did a great job and I was proud of him. It was a nice service with lots of friends from the village there. Everyone is always so welcoming there, we reallly must make more of an effort about going next year.

After church we had our usual xmas eve supper of party food and champagne (not for sam though-he was drinking mango juice!) and sam got to open one gift. he chose dad's gift and then spent the rest of the evening building lincoln log houses for his new hot wheels to knock over. Once he was safely asleep we finished up the final bit of wrapping-not too much this year thankfully..

Christmas came early in our house with Sam bounding in about 5am. We managed to get him back to sleep until about 7 when we all trooped downstairs. he was delighted that santa brought him acceleracers swamp beast and he and M spent most of the morning putting it together. We went to M's parents for xmas lunch and had a lovely time. It was nice seeing everyone, especially B & J. J is geting so big now, he is only 8 months old but desparate to walk. The boys got on really well and were lucky to get lots of nice gifts from their grandparents.

Today M had to work so Sam and I have spent the day exploring his new toys (code for mommy putting together lots of lego). It was a nice chill out day