We celebrated Christmas Eve at our house with Murphy and Meredith and her family. After lots of food goodies we settled down to unwrap gifts. Uncle Murphy won the award for the best presents this year. He gave Adrian a V-tech toy that looks a lot like a smart phone and does all kinds of interesting things - really cool. And he gave Andrew a neat book that also has these buttons on the side that make noises to correspond to the stories within. Also cool. And in minutes, toys had changed hands and Andrew was making off with Adrian's new V-tech! After a quick lesson in sharing, Adrian took control of his impulses and allowed Andrew time to play with his toy. What a good brother!
He is more concerned with all the neat sounds coming out of the toy than actually trying to make it work. That's going to take the efforts of a four year old!
Andrew's book has just enough interest to give Adrian the impetus to be a sharing older brother. He has another similar one at home. And of course, by Sunday, the newness had worn off just enough that both boys were content to take turns with each toy.
Savannah was genuinely happy that she had no one with whom to share her new toy. By bedtime the squeaky had been dismantled! She was very happy that Santa remembered her this year.
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