MESA Christmas Party

Wednesday night the MESA Therapeutic Horseback Riding program our six year old participates in had a Christmas party.

 Santa was there.  The three year old wasn't sure what to think of him.  (We don't do Santa, so they know he's not real.)

Each of the kids was given a gift - all very nice gifts, purchased and donated by their main volunteer helper.  When his name was called, our son belly crawled up to get it. You can see how cute it was by the look on the faces of everyone else.  It was a huge accomplishment for him to be brave enough to go up alone and get it on his own.  

 He got a Lego set.

 He was very excited about it.  He put it at our table for awhile so we could go to the craft table and make ornaments with his horses on them, and when it was time to go, he told me, "I'm supposed to take the Legos home!" :)  He wasn't about to leave without them.
 

 Once we got home, the brothers spent over an hour working together on building the cars.

 The ten year old was so good and patient with the 6 year old.

 He found each piece and showed him where to put it.

 And then he backed off and let his brother assemble the whole thing, one piece at a time.

 The set makes a couple of race cars and items to go around the track.  It is also a set that can make several things, so they took the cars apart and will work on the other items another time.

It was the perfect toy.  He had a great time at the party, which I didn't think he would.  Crowds and noise are not his thing.  He also doesn't like sweets, but he scarfed down two cookies and a cupcake (after I scraped the frosting off the top).  It was a great night. :)