Christmas gift to you

Our Christmas gift to all the fans of the famous pianist, Zachary W. Sansing...

I hope you all enjoy. From our family to yours, have a Happy New Year!

Love, The Sansing

Can you believe this?

Well, two nights ago, Zachary is sitting in the study with me and says, "when do I get to open those presents in the file cabinet?" I'm sure you all can figure out what those presents were. I have to be careful, little eyes are reading, but this is too funny not to share!

I say, "what were you doing looking in there anyway?" He says, "I was sneaking." I proceed to inform them those are presents I am mailing to Jack and Lauren. Upon bedtime, we had a discussion about "sneaking" and that Santa brings coal to those that sneak.

Hope you all have a Merry Christmas!

P.S. Items have been "mailed".

The solo

As the anticipated Christmas musical began, I commented to John on where Zachary would be standing for his part. He said, "he has a solo part?!?" He had already sung the 3rd grade song and took his place appropriately.

When the time came during "Everybody's Bonkers...Well, it must be Christmas" he made his way down to the stage right on cue. So far so good. Zachary knew his part, and had practiced it for many weeks. As his line came up during the song, the first little boys microphone did not work, so there seemed to be some confusion. He said his line right on time, albeit there still seemed to be some confusion. His line was..."Charities, they think we're stingy!" I know, it is not very long, but he got a part, and he was really excited.

After the program, he insisted he take a picture in front of the tree in the lobby.


We are very proud of him, and pleased they allowed him a part. He continues with his enthusiasm for Christmas, and exclaimed this morning that Nana's house is beautiful at Christmas. And then followed with a quick, "I'm getting my presents on Saturday." This Christmas has been fun for all of us and the best is yet to come~ 6 days, but whose counting?

"Santa came to town yesterday"

That is what Zachary said on Wednesday, after the Cub Scout meeting Tuesday. His face lit up when Santa walked in the room. I'm glad he still believes, and is having a wonderful time this year admiring lights and playing many of the Christmas songs he has learned or is learning.

Here is a Cub Scout picture. One of our den leaders painted the backdrop. Isn't it beautiful!

Now this next picture, you may be wondering why I included. Maybe even asked "what is the big deal. It is a pencil drawing of what appears to be three houses." Well if you are a mom, you wait for the day that your child will draw their first picture for you. So if you can read the writing, you will see I got my first picture last week. He proudly got it out of his backpack and brought it to me. It might not be much to anyone else, but it is the best Christmas gift I will get this year.

He may not be an artist, but he is a pianist, passionate about chess, cares for his friends when they are upset, offers to give hugs whenever possible, and enjoys wrestling with his dad...just to name a few. Can you tell I love my kid!

14 days till Christmas!

Naughty Spot

Zachary caught a glimpse of The Supernanny one night and now is addicted. He loves to talk about the naughty kids. Maybe that is good, since he is recognizing inappropriate behavior. Well the other day, he made his own arrow (picture above) to indicate the naughty spot that the Supernanny uses so regularly. And he started putting Pete (the dog) in the naughty spot. And he tells him, 'you have been naughty, look at me when I am talking. Now stay here for two minutes." It is a challenge to get Pete to stay, but hysterical to watch Zachary interact with him.

We are getting our fair share of laughs these days. He was quite the social butterfly at Thanksgiving. He interacted great with my step-sisters and parents. He ate pretty good too, and I don't think he commented on how disgusting the food was this year!

And the wonder of Xmas has been delightful! He has enjoyed all of the traditions of lights, yard decorations, the daily calendar, and wrapping presents, etc. He even noted who we needed to buy for, including his cousin's Katie and Lauren. He is so excited this year, which makes it fun for us.

Stay tuned. I'm sure we will get some good comments in the coming weeks. Oh yeah, he also got a solo line in the Xmas musical, so we are excited about that on the 17th.