Clayton Tells the Christmas Story

I've been working on teaching Clayton the Christmas story.  We started talking about the birth of Jesus right around Thanksgiving and have talked about it everyday since.  At first it seemed like he was retaining zero information, but then they started learning about it at school as well, and all of a sudden certain elements began to stick.

The Christmas Story
By Clayton Zeitler

There's Mary and Josep (yes, Jo-Sep) and Baby Jesus.  There's the star of Christmas.  Mary rode a donkey... Hee-honk, Hee-honk, Hee-honk (yes, Hee-Honk, he must have learned that part at school).  The End.

Okay, so there are a few theological gaps in the story, but he's identified many of the key players, including the donkey, hee-honk, and honestly, I think Clayton often knows and understands a lot more than he let's on about.

The other day we were baking Christmas cookies, and Clayton was playing with a set of gingerbread cookie cutters.  He then identified them as Mary, Jo-Sep, and Baby Jesus.  This little boy's got Christmas on his mind.

I am really looking forward to sharing more and more of the Christmas story as the boys get older.  It's exciting to watch Clayton learn more and more every year.

I've also been trying to teach him "Away in a Manger" and have had zero success.  He's not really a singer though.  Maybe next year.