Saturday, January 12, 2013

Favorite Christmas Moment

One of my favorite things this Christmas was seeing Elijah give his first real gift. Jude really needed a stool to be able to wash his hands in the downstairs bathroom. We have a stool upstairs that Steve built for Elijah, but Elijah still needs that to brush his teeth at the pedestal sink, so a second stool was in order.

The weekend before Christmas, Steve said he thought he'd have Elijah help build the stool, and let him give it to Jude. So Elijah and Daddy spent a couple of hours in the basement. Elijah helped with everything but the planning and cutting--he sanded, he used the nail gun, and then he wrote names on the bottom:



He was so excited to give it to Jude, he must have told Jude about it at least four times before Christmas morning. Finally it was time to bring out the stool.



Jude loved it. We actually ended up switching so that his new stool is upstairs and Elijah's old one is downstairs. Every night when we go upstairs to brush Jude's teeth, he says proudly as he climbs up, "Jude's new stool Lijah made!" So sweet. These two have such a love-hate relationship right now...but I am hopeful that in the long run they will be the best of friends.

 

6 comments:

Lily said...

SO precious!!

Danielle said...

That is TOO sweet. We enjoyed the kids giving each other gifts for the first time too, although we just went to the dollar store. But it was so fun to go in and see them pick something out for the other. Duncan picked out bracelets and rings for Sophia's dress up and a truck for Owen. Owen picked Sophia a tiara and the same truck for Duncan. And Sophia picked a paper airplane kit for both boys, which was cool because later one of the boys saw it in the stored and remarked that he liked it. Pretty neat to watch them nurture love for each other!

Amy said...

aww--I love that the boys picked out the same truck for each other! ha!

Brenna Kate Simonds, Living Unveiled said...

It's amazing how similar your boys look. I'm not sure mine even look like brothers!

Zoanna said...

Beautiful. So kind of Steve to lead his son in loving and giving while teaching practical skills! My heart is warmed. And yes, someday I'm sure they'll be best friends.

Sandra Andrews said...

Love that pic of both of them on the stool in matching pj's!