Much as I would have liked to celebrate Christmas with my family in Seattle, we did have a really nice Christmas Day with just the three of us. She's a little more aware of Christmas now than last year, although she still calls Santa "Christmas" when you ask her who that is. She took her time opening presents and playing with each one, which was really nice, the way I was hoping it would go. Of course, it went on for hours. We had french toast for breakfast, then opened a bunch of presents and then went to noon mass at the Basilica. I think I'm over going to midnite mass, although it was really amazing to attend when I had the stamina. Maybe when Lily gets older and I'm old and can't sleep anyway, we'll go again. Ha.
When we got back home after church, Lily was really tired, in fact she fell asleep about 10 minutes from home. But then she insisted it was NOT naptime, so stayed up for another hour, and we opened presents again. She was doing her "I'm not sleepy" frenzy and was opening packages too fast, even ones that she knew were not for her. Then we opened a present from Wendy, and it was a fun blanket. I said "Hey, that might be good for nap" and that was a great idea! She went for it. Phew!
Later we opened the rest of the presents and ended with the easel my Mom and Dad got her. I think that and the train set I got off Woot! were her favorite things. And she got a lot of things!! This morning she got up and came downstairs where John was already up, and said, "Let's open more presents!" Ha! The thing is, we will be opening even more presents next week when we see John's dad and Dave and family.
Now, I have a question about accumulating all these wonderful toys and things for Lily. How do you get rid of anything?? One mom from the Lakeshore Learning store told me, "when they're asleep." Yeah, I guess that would be less stressful. But how do I choose what should go? What if she wants it next week?? Ack.
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I wouldn't sneak the presents away when your child is sleepy. You culd try the Maria Montessori approach and just be observant about which ones she plays with the most and set aside the ones she doesn't. Store them in the basement or a closet or something. When she starts to get tired of the ones she has, bring out one of the toys you had stashed away and put away those she has grown tired of. Eventually, you could probably get rid of some of them, either when you're sure she wont' miss them, or when she's able to understand about donating your extra stuff to those who don't have as much. Not sure when that is, but I think it's a process. I used to have my kids shop with me for Toys for Tots donations, they'd each pick something out to donate. That kind of gets them thinking about it and involved in the process of giving things to others.
Gee, I thought I proofed that, but obviously not the first sentence: I wouldn't sneak them away when your child is sleeping. You could try . . .
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