Merry Christmas!

 

Merry Christmas!  Obligatory top of the stairs photo.

 

 

 

Little Dockie Doodle with some of his new toys from Santa:  tractor, Steam Train Dream Train book, Chuggington game and Lego train. 

 

Ava has been asking for footie pajamas, so I was happy to oblige.

 

Bo and Grandma got Carter warm camo gloves for the winter.  He wore them all day long, even to dinner!

 

Some of Ava's loot from Santa: a unicorn, Barbie, Baby Alive Doll and some baby clothes. 

 

Carter has been wanting a zip up hoodie forever!

 

Bo and Grandma found Dawson the perfect gift:  a construction train.  He loves it!

 

 

Dawson, show me your arm.  Well, wrong arm, but you get the point.

 

My poor little guy was acting fussy, cranky and crying.  First he told me he was scared of the wind.  He has a cold so I took his temperature, just in case but eventually he fessed up that his arm hurt.  After looking at it, we realized that he burned his palm on a curling iron.  Ava got a new one for Christmas, so I curled her hair.  Afterwards I unplugged it and left it in the sink, but he must have used the step stool to grab it.  Poor guy, it was red and blistered.  We bandaged it with a little antibiotic ointment and he felt much better. 

 

Some happier memories:

 

• Sitting in the back of the van next to Ava, singing Christmas Carols while looking at Christmas lights.
• We played a new game that you have to do crazy actions.  I had to crab walk and crawl for my turns and Dawson took both times as opportunities to jump on my back and get a free ride!
• Carter ran around all day in his Ninja turtle shell.  This kid really likes to dress up!