Frosty the ‘No-Man’!


Paige LOVES snowmen.

But of course she can't say 'Snowman'.

I think we’ve played The Legend of Frosty the Snowman’ on Netflix every day for the past few weeks. Probably several times a day. Plus we have the DVD of the original Frosty which she enjoys as well. She knows when the snowman is going to show up on the TV and loves to point him out. She also gets me (and anyone else) to pick her up and hold her in front of our tree so she can point out all the snowman ornaments over and over again.

I have to admit that over the past several years Christmas has not been as festive a time for me. My daughters are older and weren’t around much leading up to Christmas and it just didn’t seem so special. Most people know that Christmas has become extremely commercial and is more about buying gifts and spending money. For many years now conversations have gone like this:



Family member: What do you want for Christmas?

Me: Ummm…..I don’t know.

Family member: Well you need to give me some ideas so I know what to look for.

Me: I don’t really need anything. How about a gift card?



My wife of course always manages to buy me things that I didn’t know I needed or wanted so that’s nice.

Now that Paige is reacting to snowmen and Santa’s I’ve started to see the wonder of Christmas through her eyes. I’m looking forward to watching her open presents (probably any she can get her hands on) and see her excitement. In fact, I purchased a 7 foot inflatable snowman for our front lawn this year just because she loves them.

Oh, and I paid for a stranger’s coffee order at the Tim’s drive-thru this morning.

Raising Paige has actually helped me find my Christmas spirit again.   

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