Christmas with Jake

Jake LOVES Christmas, and has been asking when we can put up our tree again since the day we took it down last year. So you can imagine how much fun he has been having with every part of the season. From telling everyone we see, friends and strangers alike, that he helped set up his tree and the village people underneath; to singing, "Oh, ho, the mistletoe hung where you can see!" at the top of his lungs and making passersby stop and smile; to begging to go to the Zoo lights almost nightly; he has been enjoying every minute, which helps me to as well.

Close to our house is a small zoo that has an amazing lights display every year. My older kids used to love it, but now once a year is enough for them. Jake, on the other hand, would ask to go every night. So at least once a week he and I would sneak away for half an hour and see the lights. Without fail, when we were done has asked to go through one more time, "PLEASE!" And so we did. 

Jake's preschool class put on a cute Christmas program. He was so pleased to be front and center, mostly because he got to hold Froggy for the picture.

I love to read by the Christmas tree, and it would make me so happy to see the bigger kids reading to Jake sometimes.

We got so visit with Santa, and Jake could hardly believe his luck. He loved going to "Santa's Workshop."

I was so grateful to Jake for making Christmas so magical for all of us!