Merry Christmas

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Emmett's favorite present was a complicated LEGO Starwars kit, but with shifts from both me and David, we got it built. It's pretty impressive and he carried it around all day - including wanting to bring it to the dinner table. It's been smashed once (Luke somersaulted into it) but the repairs went fine.

Luke's favorite present was an ipod touch, which he is of course thrilled with. He played with it a lot today, though he did put in time with his other toys, too. Emmett is happy that he won't have to share his ipod with Luke anymore, though he didn't seem thrilled that Luke's has a camera and his doesn't. Technology marches on!

Henry's favorite present was his new stuffed version of Curious George. I wasn't sure he'd recognize a stuffed version as the active little guy from TV and books, but he clearly does. He's been carrying George around a lot today, and at dinner he didn't put a single bite into his own mouth before offering it to George. He's sleeping with the little monkey right now.

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Suji said…
Hope yours was truly merry too and many warm wishes for a lovely new year as well!
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