The Innocence

This Christmas is something I have been really looking forward to, I have found myself falling in love with this time of year more and more as Leo has grown and began to participate in everything that we do.

This year has been the first year that he has really seen that something special has been going on. He has loved all of the Christmas lights and became so excited when the time came to put up the tree at home. He has sat for hours at the bottom of the Christmas Tree just watching his train go around and around, just simply rejoicing in the wonders that he is experiencing for the first time.

This year we have made so much more effort in everything that we have done with Leo, and that has involved seeing the grand Christmas light switch on in our local town, and even paying a few visits to see Father Christmas. Leo’s excitement at everything we have done is precisely why I am so much looking forward to this one special day this year, and I love that the magic is starting to shine through for him.

There is one thing I am really hoping to do with Leo one weekend before Christmas arrives, and it is something that I know he would be completely over the moon about. Seeing the wonders of the London Christmas lights.

I would love to sweep him off on a London bound train, that alone would be an experience he would talk about for weeks to come. Then we could spend the day taking in the London sights and retire somewhere for a mug of hot chocolate. There is one place that I long to take him, and that is to the Winter Wonderland set in Hyde Park.

Leo’s little face would be alive with the magic, and his eyes would be brighter than when we put up our tree. It is these moments that I am loving, and the magic for me is being able to see the world through a child’s eyes. Leo’s eyes. The pure innocence that allows him to see the world through rose tinted glasses.

There is so much that I would like to show Leo in the capital that I am seriously considering staying over for the weekend. Maybe Booking a room through Hotel Direct and just taking the weekend for the 3 of us.

I never anticipated when Leo came along that he would open my eyes again to the magic that exists at this time of year. But as each year passes I am seeing the world through Leo’s eyes and truly appreciating the innocence he drapes over everything I see.

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The Boy Next Door

Oh to be 2 years old again...

Young, innocent and running with the whole world at your feet.

It's so easy to make friends at 2.

You can simply walk up to the fence dividing your garden from the next and stare through the small gap into next door's garden. 

There is no worry that new people won't like you. You don't even think about it. You don't know any different.

I guess that is why it is all so easy..So natural and lovely to perceive. 

You don't worry about standing at that gap in the fence watching the neighbours eat their dinner in the glorious sunshine, and they don't seem to mind you shouting about all the things you can see as you stare in, or the words you repeat after their children...

'Football' 'Dad' 'Mum' 'What!'

You can shout 'found you' from the top of your slide as you continue to stare innocently into their patch of green. Finally the little boy spots you after all of your attempts to make contact with him. 

You can get excited and use your words to talk to him. 

'Cat, Meow' 

He's a bit older than you but he seems just as excited by you, as you do him.

You and the kitty stand there together both as inquisitive as each other. Both wanting to be involved in the laughter on the other side. 

You can sneakily widen the peep hole so that you can pass toys back and forth with the young boy who has now become the reason you love to go into the garden.

You can laugh like a mad man when the kitty escapes through the now very wide peep hole.

You can tell Mummy to take the fence down, just so you can see your new friend better. 

You pout when Mummy explains that this just isn't possible. 

You get home from a day at Granny's and instantly shout 'where are you'. your telling me you wish to go outside. You want to see your little friend.

It's amazing how you both stand there at that peep hole for as long as you do. 

Captivated by each other, two little boys wanting to tear down the fence and play.

Maybe the time has come to see if the boy next door would like to come over to see you. 

Maybe it is time you meet face to face.