Dylan has what seems like quite an extensive (expensive) Christmas list for a 3 year old:
* Motorcycle
* Tree house with pulley system for his toys
* Bike
* Bunk bed
Hopefully he won't be let down this year since he is only getting one of those items. The good news is that when he was asking me for "lots and lots of presents" the other day, I said "Dylan, do you know what Christmas is really about?" and he responded with "Baby Jesus!"
Dylan is also a great problem solver. He loves to come up with creative solutions. For example, at Halloween he couldn't wait to go Trick-or-Treating but we told him that he had to wait until after dinner. It was only late afternoon so he suggested "Then let's eat dinner now!" So we explained that you have to wait until it gets dark outside, to which he responded "Aha! I have a great idea! We could get a really, really big umbrella to block out the sun and make it dark!"
He is of course even more excited for Christmas. I recently saw him messing around with my alarm clock and asked him what he was doing. He says "I'm changing it to Christmas-Time!"
Gavin thankfully can't communicate a list yet but he has started talking more which is fun. A few new things, many of which are combined with sign language which helps us distinguish his words while he works on enunciation:
* Please
* Thank you
* More
* Uh-oh (often said BEFORE he purposefully drops something)
*Peek-a-boo (sounds more like dee-da-doo) where he covers his ears instead of eyes
His favorite word is still "Hi" as he meets and greets anyone and everyone throughout our day, including people on the TV.
