tiny baby Jesus

We gave the boys their belated St. Nick's Day gift (we forgot to give it to them on the actual day) - a Playmobil Nativity Set.

They've played with it for HOURS today - mostly without fighting. Andrew claimed the Holy Family and the 3 Wise Men, including their camel. Peter got the angel, the shepherd, the 2 sheep (mommy & baby), the donkey and the ox (or cow, as Peter calls it). Sort of an uneven division, but they don't mind, so I'm not going to step in to change it.

Andrew decided the 3 wise men are having an argument. When Jim pointed out that he didn't think the 3 wise men argued, Andrew replied, "Yes they are. They're fighting!" and promptly added sound effects to prove his point. Fortunately, by the following day, the infighting seemed to have stopped.

Andrew has also decided to sing his own Jesus songs. Something to the tune of 'Twinkle, Twinkle Little Stars' or "Where is Thumbkin' but the words baby Jesus are repeated over & over again...and tiny baby Playmobil Jesus dances around and goes back and forth between Mary's lap and the manger...or up in the sky on the highest level of the Eiffel Tower lamp on the same table.

Peter, our ever creative one, is taking the angel for rides in his 'snort' - which is really his noisy 'telephone truck' with a bucket to lift someone up really high. I guess that's one way to get the angel up into the sky since it's wings don't seem to be working...