Christmas Preparations

I'm trying to work with Will on fine motor activities a little bit every day to build those little muscles up. Placing his fingers on a pencil independently, gripping it and manipulating it to go where he wants it to go is the goal.
Tonight I let Will stay up past his bed time so we could wrap Christmas presents and write people's names on them. Will was quite proud of writing BUBBY (His Grandma Melissa) as "B" has been an especially difficult letter to master. The letter "Y" has also been tough, but tonight we decided that to remember "Y", think of a person standing up with their arms held high "Praising the Lord." Will loved this visual picture and now can remember how to do a "Y":

Also, check out our tree, decorated by Will and Jane. It's about 12 inches tall but big on personality (and necklaces, silly bands, tassles and stickers). We decided not to get a tree since we're going to be in California for the majority of the month.