Christmas is fun with toddlers, isn’t it? At our family lunch on Christmas day, we had four toddlers there. It was all fun and games when it came to playing with each other prior to the opening of gifts. Once the presents were opened and each had their own toys, it became a family feud amongst the toddlers. Sharing isn’t their specialty, you know.
My grandmother was fortunate enough to have her first three great-grandchildren born in the same year. The forth was born in the following year. Being so close in age is great for the children. They will grow up together and share experiences with one another, since they are in the same age group.
We all thought it was so sweet to have them all together when they were babies. At their first Christmas, we put a Christmas quilt on the floor and lined them up by age to take a photo of them together. This year, as toddlers, it was nearly impossible to get one shot of them standing together by the tree.
My cousin wasn’t thinking about the toddlers in the house and decided to bring a football into the living room. My son is known for being the rambunctious child of the bunch. As he reached for the football, we all grew concerned. We thought he would throw it and break something or he would hit someone with it. None of us wanted to find out which it would be. We all reached for it while encouraging him to “be easy.”
We made it through the football incident without any problems. Next was the issue of sharing. My son is also not known for sharing. While at my friend’s home, her son informed me that “he no share.” I try to encourage sharing but it seems to always be an issue with my son.
The newest baby in our family received a book for Christmas. It was a book that most babies and toddlers get at some point. It was the kind of book that has sounds and hard cardboard pages. My son has at least three of them at home. Although he rarely looks at the one he has at home, he just had to have his cousin’s new book. He walked over and took it right out of the child’s hands. I explained to my son that it was a new gift and his cousin wanted it and wasn’t ready to share since he had just opened it.
The day was great and full of fun and excitement. Toddlers usually do bring smiles to our faces and laughter to the room. To finish off all of the fun, my friend’s daughter put lipstick on my son while “sharing” her new “Styling Station” that she received from Santa.
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