Christmas Messes with Little Kids' Heads

It's fun watching my 2-1/2 yo son, Alex, start to grasp the concept of Christmas. Last year he was too young to have any idea what was going on.

This year, while I still don't think he has any idea what's in store for him, he knows something is up and that Santa's coming (whatever that means).

But I think the stress is starting to get to him. Last night he woke up crying at 2 am urgently speaking words that I just couldn't figure out. "da armints under my bed" and "da armints beeping".

Armints? huh?

After a game of 20 questions, I finally figured out that he must have been dreaming about Christmas ornaments. Ornaments under his bed? Beeping?

Ornaments Alex?

yes!

Under the bed? beeping?

yes! red and purple!

He could not be consoled. Finally, we had to take a walk downstairs to see the Christmas tree which somehow eased his mind.

As soon as we got there, he broke into an impromptu rendition of "Jingle Bells". With that he went back to bed.

Even at 2 am, I had to laugh.