Today, Bell brought Client One more of a surprise than just moving his location to our Christmas tree. In his little hands he held a little scroll with a message from Santa! The message told her that since she had been good yesterday, Santa had sent her a special gift to help decorate the tree. Hanging on the tree next to our little elf was a little black bag with a bright blue bow. After emphasizing the part of the letter where Santa encouraged Client One to be good for the chance of even more presents, I got the little bag down for her. Inside, she found a little Anna ornament. Her day was made.
Of course, our next morning activity was to check our penguin to see what our daily activity was going to be. Today's slip read:
Client One had a dentist appointment this morning but as soon as we got home, we wrote our letters. Client One wrote her's while Client Two napped. I listed everything out for her and then she signed her name and drew some pictures of the items she wanted just to make sure Santa got the right things. When Client Two woke up, I put together a list for him as well. I helped him sign his name and let him use a crayon to add his own touches. Then, we sealed them up in envelopes to send off this weekend when we will be near one of Santa's special mailboxes.
This afternoon, there were letters waiting in the mailbox for each client from Santa himself! Client One got super excited and listened carefully to every word of the letter. Her letter from Santa even included part of the Christmas story. Client Two seemed more or less impartial about his letter, but he got one nonetheless. (And for anyone who would complain that Client One is barefoot, please note that it was 60-something degrees at the time and I carried her out and back in. Her feet touched the ground for less than a minute. Welcome to Christmas in South Carolina!)
We also had some fun today decorating our tree. The original plan was to decorate it yesterday but I knocked it over twice so we had to readjust the tree last night. Now it is standing tall, strong and beautiful. Client One had a blast decorating. She really likes to cluster her ornaments and we had to convince her to spread them out a little bit. Client Two pretty much just wanted to eat the ornaments. He really liked the big, shiny balls. He also got to hang up his official First Christmas ornament. Our tree now has a fun, classy look. The only thing that will make it look better will be presents.
Client One had AWANAs tonight, but when she got home, she got to choose her book. After showing me her AWANA treats and treasures, she went straight to the tree to pick out her book. Tonight's book was
Llama llama Holiday Drama by Anna Dewdney. Personally, I love this book as I love the others in the series. It's super cute and fun. Client One also really enjoys the story.
And that completes Day Three of our Christmas fun! Don't forget to follow our adventures on Instagram with the hashtag #MyLifeasaSAHMomChristmasFun just in case I can't keep up with posting every night. Now, I'm off to bed, for the hopes that sugar plums dance in my head. Good night!
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