Everyday is Valentine's Day....and Christmas, and Chanukah too

Without question, Elijah is one happy little rug rat. Giggles and laughter are his most often-used communicative skills, and his sheer delight at the mundane always brings a smile to my face. Of course, if I thought every day was a holiday, any black cloud above my head would disappear, too.

As previous posts have noted, Elijah "got it" this holiday season. From writing to Santa and the decorating of the tree, to the lighting of the menorah, he was into the holiday spirit. And, as we approach the dawn of spring, the spirit hasn't left him. From the creation of his own "Candy Cane Lane" in our kitchen to his self-reassurances that "Santa will bring (fill in the blank with, among other things, basketball goals, markers, M & M's) tomorrow", Christmas is still here.

He also has continued to read his Blue's Clues Chanukah book on a daily basis and just this week created his own Hebrew lettering.

Though it was almost a month ago, Valentine's Day still reigns for Elijah. He constantly writes it on a variety of drawings and loves to draw hearts and flowers. At least he isn't still chasing down and hugging all the little girls at the child center of our health club, a behavior that caused Sarah's workout to be cut short as she was paged to pick up our young Casanova and leave.

So we will continue to celebrate here at the house and keep all the holiday joy and happiness a year-round affair. And when the heat and humidity of August force us inside, we will watch over and over again the video Elijah asked to see last year at that time: "How the Grinch Stole Christmas."