The Night Before Christmas

Although it is past Christmas, it is worth noting that Ivy adored this book this season. Perhaps four begins the height of Clement C. Moore's poem? Every Christmas Eve Ivy's grandmother calls her and reads her The Night Before Christmas over FaceTime. This year her Nana and Papa gave her an audio version with their voices from Hallmark. Ivy listened to it, for better or worse, all the way back home from visiting them (3 hours!). She has mostly memorized the poem by now. For all you grandparents out there - try these recordable little pieces of history.

Christmases Past

For the past two Christmas, the Grinch has been a bit too scary for Ivy.  Just a few weeks ago, we were able to get through the whole story, even though the Grinch was scary at first.  Now she loves How The Grinch Stole Christmas!  Ivy is quite fascinated by poor Max, the reindeer dog.  She feels so bad for him when he has to carry all the Christmas things up the mountain.  She is just thrilled when Grinch's heart grows two sizes at the end of the day!  Cindy Lou is, of course, a favorite!

Another book she is just getting into this year is The Night Before Christmas.  Since it was written by Clement Clark Moore in 1822, the vocabulary is a bit difficult for Ivy.  However, she is quickly picking up sugar plums, sash, kerchief, etc. Like every wondering 3 year old, she wants to know where Rudolph is!  She has even practiced putting her finger aside of her nose!  A must read for all.