....that make it all worthwhile. This year, we are celebrating Christmas in it's fullness - as a season and not just a day. I knew, by the end of Advent, that I wanted to celebrate this way, but I wasn't exactly sure how I was going to do it.
Enter: Matthew. Christmas evening, Matthew secretly put some of his electronics parts (He has a large bucket of these that he has been collecting since summer.) into baggies and slipped them into the guys' stockings. He also prepared a program listing the numbers of the Christmas songs from our Hymnal that we would sing in front of the fire that evening.
Every day, he comes up with new ideas as a way for us to celebrate. He has been making Origami figures (with the paper he received from his
Aunt as a birthday present) and slipping them into our stockings. Sometimes, they even have electronic parts hidden in them!
One evening, he spent about an hour making us this beautiful card and many Origami figures:
So, we have followed his lead. Kevin slips candy into the guys' stockings every night before he goes to bed. He also un-sauders a special electronic part to add back to Matthew's collection. Today, I purchased chapstick and watercolor paints to slip in over the next couple of days. Thank you, Matthew, for a great, new tradition!!
