This Christmas was beautiful. We had blue sky and crisp cool air. Little dude actually sle
pt in (this might be the only Christmas he does that until he's fifteen). It took all morning for him to open presents but he really had fun. I'm pretty sure he got everything he could have wanted had he known to ask. I think that John had just as much fun playing with Little dude's toys. Every picture I have of him playing with his toys John is also in. In the afternoon we traveled 
out to visit my parents, aunts and cousins. Little dude had practiced their names all week and did very well at remembering them. Of course, there were more presents to open. Wow are our kids spoiled! Little dude has really enjoyed helping me in the kitchen recently and this Christmas he helped me make sugar cookies. His favorite part was cutting out the shapes. We had a few reindeer that were beheaded and had legs amputated but he had a lot of fun.
John and I took the kids to a lights show a few weeks ago and it was so cute to experience it through a toddler's eyes. Several of the staff noticed how Little dude was enjoying everything and I could tell they really appreciated it. They had several trains which he loved and at the end, as we were leaving, I spotted a man dressed as a snowman. Little dude has really been into snowmen recently so I walked him up to see what he would think. He acted a little nervous so I told him to give the snowman a high five. He gave the snowman a good high five and as we turned and started to walk away he did a little skipping and jump. The man behind us laughed and said, "You know that's got to make their day." 
The Dreamliner John has been designing has finally gotten off the ground. We watched Daddy's plane take off and cheered that everything went smoothly. John, of course, got to see it take off up close, but the kids and I just watched on TV.
The Dreamliner John has been designing has finally gotten off the ground. We watched Daddy's plane take off and cheered that everything went smoothly. John, of course, got to see it take off up close, but the kids and I just watched on TV.Little miss has been a joy and also had a very spoiled Christmas. We have recently been calling her Squeak because she loves to make cheerful high pitched squeaking noises. She sounds just like fireworks sometimes, which I suppose is appropriate since she was borne the day after Independence Day. I'm surprised at how, even as babies, my little boy had a deep baby voice and my little girl had a high baby voice. Weird.
