P has trouble with the J so for the past couple of weeks she’s been singing “Bingle bells” and it’s the most adorable thing. She’s really picked up on Christmas this year. She saw a couple depictions of Santa and now whenever she sees the guy in the red suit she says “Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas”. I don’t think she has made the connection between Santa and presents. She genuinely enjoys the Santa character. Of course when she met Santa it was complete train wreck full of tears and screams. Maybe next year will be better.

“Ornament” is her new favorite word, but as an extension she’s a little too interested in the ornaments on the tree where we strategically put the ones least likely to break on the lower branches.

Every morning P moves Mr. Bear. She scoots her tower over to the hanging quilt and moves Mr. Bear to the next location to see if he finds Christmas. There are no gifts. It’s just pushing a doll bear into a snap on the quilt, but every morning she gets the biggest smile moving him.

Her favorite Christmas movies are Elf and Grinch. She requests them by name. To be clear this is the 2016 iteration of the Grinch. Honestly this is my favorite version as well so I’m pleased with this choice. When we were shopping for a few last gifts she saw the Grinch book in the store. We were not leaving the store without that book. Despite being half her body size she walked around with the book tucked under her arm for the rest of the day. It was adorable. Her affinity for Elf as a two year old seems odd. I guess she likes Will Ferrell’s green elf costume? Regardless she’ll watch this for tens of minutes when it’s time to settle down.

While P has been enjoying all Christmas-related things the past couple weeks (her and her mother had a dance party listening to “Fairytale of New York” yesterday!), P has no idea what Christmas actually is. I’m pretty sure she doesn’t know about the presents. She hasn’t been asking about them at least. And then all the food and family. She’s just entirely invested in the season. I’m taking time to enjoy every minute of this age with P.