Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Christmas!!

So I’ve finally had a few minutes to sit down at the computer and look at the pictures from Christmas and the last week or so.  We have not been doing all that much; Andrew has mostly been off work and we’ve just been hanging out enjoying family time, playing with new toys and getting out in the snow!  We had a great Christmas.  Julia got everything she asked for – Christmas pom-poms and a ball pump – plus a plasma car that Santa thought she would have fun with.  And she has!  She rides it around the house all day, a lot of the time with Benj chasing after her.

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It’s actually a lot of fun and even grown-ups can ride it!  I tried it out and so did Andrew and Uncle Jeff when he came to visit over New Years.

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Benjamin’s big gift from Santa was a little slide for him to climb on and he quickly figured out not only how much fun it was to slide on but also how conveniently it could be pushed around the room and then used to access things that were previously out of reach.  Within an hour or so of playing with it he had pushed it over to the train table and climbed up on top!

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And here’s a video of him in action with the slide.

Other highlights of the day for Benjamin were receiving his ride-on dog from Grandpa Rick and Grandma Les (he was immediately in love with it),

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using his hammer to pound balls into the toy that Uncle Jon and Aunt Shannon gave him (this toy wins for capturing the longest continuing attention span! and for hardest to capture on film because he was so excited and his arms never stopped moving!),

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and being turned into a present himself by Grandma Laurie!

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Another highlight of the day was for Andrew.  Julia received her first real Legos project – a Lightning McQueen car (from the movie Cars).  It was just a small kit as we’re trying to put off having piles of Legos a little while longer since Benj still loves to put anything and everything into his mouth.  But anyway, Andrew and Julia put it together almost immediately and it got Andrew very excited to think about all the Lego building they’ll be doing in the future!

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For me the highlight was just enjoying the day with my family.  Seeing Julia get so excited about the holiday and about little things (literally!) like pom-poms, and having fun playing with everyone, aunts, cousins, grandparents… Seeing how much joy Benjamin’s smile brings to everyone and how he can make someone laugh with a single look…  Seeing Andrew feeling right at home among all the Rhode Islanders and feeling right at home myself.  Our new house is starting to gather memories and I’m looking forward to years and years more!

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