The ABCs (Mostly)

Here is Dallin's ABC....Well, sort of the ABC:

Long Christmas Post (but at least it's mostly pictures)

A quick run down of the Christmas holiday.

We Dallin to Christmas Village. It was an experience, that is for sure. First, he wanted to run in the snow, the only problem was that the snow was so packed down and it has been so cold that it was more like ice than snow. He fell quite a few times. Also, his hands froze because he wouldn't wear his gloves and his tongue was burned on hot chocolate (Mom's fault. Opps!). He got all sticky with marshmallow and insisted that we ride the little train that drove around 25th street. When we were done I think everyone was ready to go home!

This year I made sugar cookies with Dallin. He loved it! I thinned the frosting so that he could paint it on. The only down side was went he got a hold of the sprinklers while I was getting cookies out of the oven. He dumped with upside down and held them that way till I could get them from him. Quite a mess to sweep up, but totally worth it. He now asks all the time to make cookies.
What beautiful creations (they tasted much better than they looked)
Braegger family Christmas party is always on Christmas Eve. It's a fun one. And for once it wasn't snowing on Christmas Eve! It seems like the last few years we have been driving there in the snow.

I didn't get too many pictures of Dallin opening presents Christmas morning. He wasn't happy having the camera out for some reason.
He got playdough from Santa. He loves to play with it, but insists that Mom or Dad play with him.


He got a lot of fun toys this Christmas, but one of his favorites is a blow up cow. Go Figure.

He Does Pay Attention!

So on Monday I learned that Dallin does pay attention in nursery. Russ, Dallin, and I were having Family Home Evening. I was talking about faith. Usually when I ask questions, Dallin just sits there while Russ answers them all. This was not the case on Monday. I asked, "What do we know about Jesus Christ?" All of a sudden Dallin piped up and said "Jesus loves me." Come to find out the lesson on Sunday in nursery was about that. Way to go nursery leaders! The kids really do listen from time to time.

Lazy Sunday Evenings

Dallin wanted to join in on the lazy Sunday evening activities at my parents house. He was totally unaware of what was going on around him. They must have been some good comics.

ABC

So, I try not to be one of those moms who thinks their children are just the most bright, well behaved, and all around perfect kids. As a matter of fact, I probably tend to be the opposite of that, but I just had to show off Dallin just a little. He only turned two last month (Nov. 9), but for some reason he is fascinated with letters. He doesn't know any numbers, only gets the color pink correct consistently, but he does know most of his letters. And no, it's not because I am this great mother who does flash cards with him to teach him (Grandma Tana bough his the cards). I think it is because I let him play on the computer too much with me at a website called starfall. Whatever the reason, he knows them now. The problem is that he hates performing for the camera, so the video isn't the best. Sorry if this is one of those really braggy posts (is braggy a word?), but thanks for bearing with me.

I did have a couple more videos (I can only get a minute long video with my camera), but blogger won't let me upload them. I guess you'll only have a sit through one. :)

Binky or Thumb?

So as you might remember, we took Dallin's binky away back in June, but he is still not over his sucking impulse. He has been taking Katie's binkies when we visit over at my mom's house. Just this last week he has started to suck his thumb all the time. My mom and cousin Jessie both think it might be because he see little Carley sucking her thumb. Who knows. So here is my question to you.....do I let him keep sucking his thumb and hope he out grows it or do I let him have his binky back at nights and nap time so that he don't develop a thumb sucking habit? I guess my fear is that he will be like my brother, who sucked his fingers till he was 12 and had to stop in order to get braces to fix his poor teeth. At least he stopped before his mission. :)

Ophthalmologist Visit. Try Saying That 3 Times Fast.

So remember this picture and this picture? Well, Dallin's pediatrician wanted us to go see an ophthalmologist. Dallin had his appointment today. It turns out that it isn't that his right eye is wandering, but rather that his left eye won't raise up like it is suppose to. It focuses straight fine, as well as downward, like when you are reading. It just doesn't want to look upwards or away. We are suppose to look for "patterns" for the next four months. "Patterns" are things like if he is tilting his head a lot when watching TV, or his lid starts to droop, or the eye begins to turn inward towards his nose, or when we notice it happening and how often and what he is doing. The Doc said it is probably nothing life altering, but there is a rare disease that can affect kids that has this symptom. That is way we are going back in 4 months. He wants to keep an eye on his vision (OK, I realize that is a bad pun). The Doc didn't seem too worried about it, so I'm not either. So if any of you every need to see a good ophthalmologist, let me know. He was great and very patient with Dallin. It's hard to check a 2 year old's eyes.