As part of our Christmas season, I like to try to get AK interested in giving to those less fortunate than us. I stopped in at the Discovery Center at Camana Bay and got a child's name off of the Giving Tree. We were given a 1yo girl to buy for. I did most of the shopping on my own, but I did take AK last night to the book store to pick out a Christmas book for this wee one, and she did help me wrap the other gifts I'd bought. We dropped the whole lot of it off at the Discovery Center last night.
I think AK somewhat missed the point this year, she seemed to understand it a bit more last year, which I found surprising. Perhaps it's because I didn't do all of the shopping with her, plus we didn't spend as much time talking about it as we did last year. Nonetheless, I'm happy that we did this together.
We were able to do a bit of shopping at Camana Bay afterwards and there was a big Christmas Market going on as well which we checked out. I didn't buy much - just one small soap for AK's stocking but we did see a friend of mine holding a bake sale. She had delicious coconut squares and she gave AK a broken gingerbread cookie... after I chatted with her for a few minutes, I turned around to find the cookie gone... AK just about inhaled it!
Quite frustrating considering AK has hardly touched her lunches for school this week :( I know she must be eating enough as she's got plenty of energy and her, shall we say, "output" is just fine. I just hate to unpack her lunch and find most of it untouched. I realize that kids go through phases with eating and I just have to stick this one out... shame there won't be many treats for AK if she just won't eat her healthy food!
Next Christmas post will be about Santa photos!!!
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