Dragins are COOL.

About 75% of the stories and about 95% of the drawings Ben produces at school are about "Dragins". Here's a taste...

Dragins are cool. Dragins are so wicid. Dragins are a tip of lisrd. Dragins are hard not stoft. Dragins are erfea (every?) culr. Dragins are cool.

Dragins are a lisrd. Dragins are a rilea (?). Dragins are cool. Dragins are ???? loing time ugo. Dragins are so cool. Dragins are so wcid. Dragins are sososo! coolcoolcool!

The grand thalee the most coolist dragin in the wrld. Dragins are cool and wicid. Dragins are so cool. I wot you to let yoor chilchrin to play a game ubaut Dragins.

Dragins are cool. Dragins are wicid!. Dragins are wow. Dragins can not cil therself. Dragins are wicid. Dragins are cool.

Dragins can fliy 100 feet. Dragins are ded noow. Dragins liv in a cave. Dragins are cool. Dragins are a lisrd and a tipe of dinusore. Dragins are cool. Dragins are wicid. Dragins are so cool and wicid.

Wut do you theenc Dragins do? I no wut tha do you no wut tha do? Dragins are cool. Dragins can fliy 100 feet. Dragins are osm. Nun uv the Dragins can not fliy.

Dragins are cool. Dragins are so WICKED! Dragins are sosososoSOSO COOL! Dragins are sosososososo cool. Dragins are u lisrd. Dragins are a rilea cool anaml. Dragins are u anaml.

Christmas Day Sledding

This makes TWO years in a row that we have been able to sled on Grandma McDavitt's hill on Christmas Day. It was EXTRA cold outside, but most of the kids, and dads, were brave enough. I love these pictures...all bundled up with rosy cheeks...ADORABLE!

Ben coming up...

And sliding back down.

Saige

Uncle Jeremiah

JJ

Ben

Caleb

Dino Monster Slippers

These are from Christmas Day, but I had to post them separately because it's such a funny string of shots. The goal: to get all boy cousins with Monster Slippers to pose together. Ben and JJ were in charge of helping Sam stand. Get a load of this...

CLOSE ENOUGH!!

Christmas Day

Okay, these pictures are in reverse order, but I'm not in the mood to drag and drop them into order...

Super Sam! Thanks, Emily for the awesome shirt!

I got a fuzzy, warm blanket from Abby. It's like taking a nap with a giant teddy bear. Mmmmm...

Ben and JJ in their slippers and vests from Grandma and Grandpa McDavitt.

Sammy modeling his monster slippers.

My favorite picture from Christmas. Sam opening his batman hoodie from Grandma and Grandpa McDavitt.

Ben with his puppy from Santa.

Thank you Grandma and Grandpa Mundy for the DS Games!!

Thanks Ben and Sam (and their personal shoppers) for my yummy-smelling bath products.

RC Car from G + G Mundy. AWESOME!!! Can you tell he's excited??

This was a HUGE hit. We didn't really see Sam much for the rest of Christmas and several days after. And if anyone came near the castle...watch out! Thanks G + G Mundy.!

Santa knows we need WAY more hot wheels. Thanks, Santa!

Christmas Eve

Cookies for Santa

Making Reindeer Food

Sam, Madden, Ben...Making Reindeer Food

Letter to Santa: I've been "rily, rily, rily, rily, rily, rily, rily, RILY good." Nice try Ben. :-)