On the Eve of Christmas Eve we enjoyed some family time today. The later afternoon was spent watching some of the Christmas classics. We watched Frosty where Eva pointed out that all the kids were wearing shorts in the snow. I never noticed that before. Then we watched Rudolph and saw how mean even Santa was to Rudolph until he needed him. Next was Santa Claus is Coming to Town to which Andy said that the movie was just ripping off the song. Finally we got to A Charlie Brown Christmas where it was just Allison and I left watching. Linus’ speech was as effective as ever. I love that special so much. I think we may have started with that one next time. It is the most meaningful of them all.
We’re getting ready for the next few days where we will be staying home. No visits to friends or family this year. Just us. We have a tree and have decorated it. The kids have decorated their mini trees and gotten their special ornaments. We have the annual family photo ornament up on the tree and Fitzy has been with us since the day after Thanksgiving. He quarantined in a jar for 14 days though. But he’ll be up on the tree tomorrow before he heads out to the North Pole. Allison has wrapped the presents from us to the kids. She also has chicken in the crock pot boiling overnight to be ready for our annual chicken stew for dinner. We’ll get out a pan of cinnamon rolls from the freezer for Christmas morning and then we’ll visit with family via Zoom. It certainly has been a different sort of year all around. But we are weathering it and I hope that you are as well.
DC Kids sent us a selection of their fantastic graphic novels for kids for free to check out and enjoy. Opinions are our own.Getting Andy to read can be a tough job but we are all about encouraging him to read more. Luckily DC Kids sent us a great bunch of new graphic novels for kids and he has been tearing through them like nobody’s business. The first one he read was We Found a Monster (Amazon Affiliate link) which comes out on January 12, 2021. We wote a separate post just on that book. He loved the style of Kirk Scroggs and so the second one he wanted to read was The Secret Spiral of Swamp Boy which was part of the DC Graphic Novels for Kids Box Set 1 (Amazon Affiliate link) and that set also includes Dear Justice League, Superman of Smallville and Black Canary: Ignite. Rounding out the package from DC Kids was Teen Titans Go to Camp (Amazon Affiliate link).
These graphic novels are great for kids. They are filled with lots of laughs and awesome art. I love that Andy is diving into comics and comic book characters because I have a ton of comics in my collection to share with him when he is older and can handle collectible comics properly. Not leaving them out or bending them and more. These books can stand up to the abuse from kids 8-12. They are perfect for tossing into backpacks or the backseat of the car to offer a much better alternative than even more screen time. Andy takes these along when we go to Karate so he has something to do while he waits for his class to start.
The reason I know that he is enjoying these books is that he tells me about everything happening in the books like I don’t already know so much about Superman or even the Teen Titans. I love that he is so excited about these characters that I have enjoyed for so long. That in itself is worth the price for any books.