This year, not unlike years in the past, Jackson has selected an obscure set of stuffed animals for Christmas (remember the Pirate Big Bird post?). This time, its a set of Winnie the Pooh characters he found on Ebay. Winnie, Piglet, Tigger and Eeyore are decked out in rain gear and are very anxious to be added to Jackson's ridiculous collection of stuffed animals.
Jack is having a tough time with the waiting. Time is pretty abstract for him and when he gets this anxious the calendar means little. He had trouble falling asleep last night and was up early this morning asking anxiously, "Mommy, get up. Presents?" Well....we have another 2 weeks until Santa comes; and it's so hard for him to comprehend. "Be good" becomes vague and difficult to attain for him.
This afternoon, he looked again at the calendar (I stamped a green Christmas tree on the 25th) and began his litany: "Santa bring you raincoat pooh, raincoat tigger, raincoat piglet and raincoat eeyore". I honestly ignored him and hoped he would somehow, someway be distracted from this obsession. (He was eventually--giving up to watch YouTube). Later, as I'm at the fridge getting out the chicken for dinner I see it: All over the month of December, in intentionally formed letters:
RkOP Kpa rkOTcKrrkpoo
Translation (in case you need it):
raincoat pooh
raincoat tigger
I got lost somewhere in the middle there, but am confident of the message he was trying to convey. And what a wonder of Christmas it is for this child to be conveying a message in print; so intently, so purposefully. It's gift enough for me to tolerate the next two weeks of obsessing about when Santa is coming and exactly what Santa is expected to bring. So, when I'm frustrated beyond words, I'm going to look at that calendar and cherish the message there.
For those of you who might be wondering, yes, Santa has 3 of the 4 characters in hand, and we're confident the last one will arrive well ahead of the big day.
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