We met Santa a few weeks ago at the Community Center. Liam sat on Santa's knee, with only a little reluctance. This was his first encounter, and it went well.
The following day, Granny & Grand Dad, Daddy & Mommy, Joya and Suri all drove to a train station near Mt. Rainier, and we took a train to see Santa's workshop. Liam knew what to expect, and he even showed Suri how to sit quietly, and he encouraged her to not be afraid.
On both occasions, Liam asked Santa for a pink school bus with five engines. Santa thought Liam said Scuba, and wasn't sure what to make of the pinkness factor. We received an email from Santa explaining to Liam that the elves don't make school buses in pink because all school buses are yellow. Liam considered this, and changed his request. Now he wants a toy "bendy bus" that he has seen in downtown Seattle... they are called articulated buses, the kind that bend to go around corners. Let's all hope that Santa and the elves can figure that one out!
Liam has also been practicing "Away in the Manger" for the preschool portion of the Christmas show. For a while he recited the song like poetry -- adding in extra sweets, because "Baby Jesus have a really sweet, sweet head." Frequently the hay is also sweet.
He sang last Sunday, in front of a packed house. He knew the words to the first two songs, and then danced in a shake-your-booty fashion to the third Baby Jesus lullaby. Of course, he's the smallest kid on stage, and hamming it up in his own little way. It's easy to see how he stole the hearts of everyone!
He's learning words to some Christmas songs -- he especially likes The First Noel. He sing/shouts "Noel, noel, noel, no-el," in a high-pitched baby wolf voice through the whole song... and every other Christmas song too. He wanted to know why we don't sing "Jingle Bells" in church, and I explained that we sing hymns in church. "Jingle Bells" is a nice song, but it's not in the hymnal.
The following day, he was singing "Jingle Bells, jingle bells, jingle bells..." and he kept asking if I had a urinal. (He used a child-size urinal at the mall that day, so I assumed the two were unrelated.) It took a while to understand that he wanted to learn the words to "Jingle Bells." If "Jingle Bells" isn't in the 'him'nal, it was in the 'her'nal.
Good grief!
Oh, that's another surprise Christmas bonus. Liam LOVES Charlie Brown Christmas. It's old, and full of sarcasm and their mouths don't match the words, but he watches it over and over. When I was little we got to see it one time a year, if we caught it on live TV. Not, thanks to DVR, Liam watches Snoopy decorate his dog house nearly every day. And he laughs every time. This is his favorite part. He tries to dance like them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUQX2B67KL4&feature=related
Self Portrait in Red
November 2007
About Bean
- Baby Bean
- I was born on 3/1/07 at 10:27pm in Seattle. I can sleep through the night and I love books. I smile at every one I meet. I'm not a morning person. I love to read books; in fact, usually it's the first thing I do in the morning and the last thing before bed. My favorite book is Green Eggs and Ham (Previously Moo, Baa, La La La and Twinkle Twinkle). My best friend is Devin. We do a lot together. Sometimes we don't like to share. I can say a lot of words, but I think I'm often misunderstood. I voted for Obama. I don't like mac and cheese. My favorite day is Friday, because that's when the garbage truck comes. I've been to seven states, including Washington.