Merry Christmas to All

"Yippee, it's Christmas!"

Henry and Karl had a big day. Henry got so caught up in the toy he had just opened that it took forever to get him to open everything. We had to open in two shifts. He loved all the gifts he got and played with everything equal opportunity. He got Elmo's Pizza Kitchen, an easel for art, a "computer," books and games, and an AquaDoodle. Henry's toy computer has a typing option where he types letters and a voice says them. It has a real screen. Henry is very into typing right now. It is one of his favorite pastimes. He knows and can identify all his capital letters now. He has been able to do that for quite some time. We are very proud of him because his language skills are exploding now. Henry is in speech therapy and has made great progress lately. His pronuncuation is still off, but the other day after Henry's bath I was saying "I need to dry you" and Henry said "Dry me." I thought the use of the pronoun me was a big deal because he didn't just repeat what I said. Pronouns are a big deal to moms. All tiny milestones are.

Back to Christmas, we had lots of fun just hanging out with family and getting fat. There were sixteen people at my parents' house for Christmas dinner. It was a big production and I know we are all worn out, but it was a group effort and it was worth it!

Merry Christmas to All!