So the day after Thanksgiving, Wyatt and I made a paper chain to countdown until Christmas, but with a twist. We wrote either a title of a Christmas book that we own or the words library book on each link, and every night Wyatt pulls one off and we read the book. If it says library book, he gets to pick one of the many holiday books that we check out from the library. It has been a lot of fun and it has been a nice way to end the night with him before bed.
So, what have we read? Settle in and take a look!
I have been saving the links and dating them too, because I am that sort of mom.
And..
And….
We are a night or two behind, for different reasons. But the books coming up are:
Plus a few library book surprises that haven’t been chosen at the time of this post yet!
I am not going to talk about all of these books. But there were a few favorites, of course.
I absolutely love A Simple Christmas on the Farm! I love all of the holiday books by Phyllis Alsdurf and buy them for Wyatt whenever she releases a new one.
We both loved The Christmas Book Flood by Emily Kilgore.
Then The Christmasaurus and Me and My Dragon: Christmas Spirit were huge hits with Wyatt! The main character boy in Christmasaurus is in a wheelchair, which made it a million times better. Wyatt loved the idea of flying through the sky, being pulled by a Christmasaurus!
I also have to give a shout out to My Christmas Treasury, which was a well read favorite of mine as a little girl, and also The Animal’s Christmas Eve. Both are classically timeless in my opinion.
This has been such a wonderful cozy time with my boy, and we all look forward to it every night.
Still Life, With Cracker Crumbs.. 
I love this idea so much, and I love that Wyatt is so into it!
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I am absolutely loving this. He may not want to do it again next year, he may outgrow it, so I am making the most of this year!
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Neat idea, and he looks like he’s having a lot of fun!
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Thank you! We have been having a really good time with it!
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What a great idea! You’re creating memories together that you’ll both treasure for years to come.
I own a Little Golden Book of The Animals’ Christmas Eve that I’ve had since I was little. I love that the main character of Christmasaurus is in a wheelchair!
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Thank you Jen! It was such a fun thing to do!
I love those two Little Golden Books. 🙂
And isn’t that cool!!
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Oh, how I love picture books. I have two Little Golden Book Christmas books, but I didn’t put them out this year. I don’t remember the titles though. I also have (or may have finally donated it to a teacher) the Christmas Trees book. I’m a sucker for a beautiful book. I think this was such a neat way to read books and also tuck a little guy into bed.
Have a wonderful rest of the week, Erin!
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It was really fun. I am not sure if he will want to do it next year so I am cherishing this year!
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What a terrific idea! It sounds like it worked really great.
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