Christmas in Rome

Erin sees presents and immediately starts asking about opening them. I was really amused because it never really occured to her that the pile of presents under the Christmas tree at Mawmaw's house was not entirely for her! Aunt Carolyn let her open one since she was so excited. It is the cutest remote control bus ever. It's made for a toddler so Erin can make it move but the simple controls don't stop all of the older kids from trying it out as well. Erin really likes her school bus!
In Erin's world, we all have our roles. When Pawpaw is around, he is the one you turn to for things that need to be opened or fixed. Erin would call him from another room so that he could open it for her. I'm wondering if the rest of us need to be offended that we can't open and fix things...

Mawmaw bought Erin her first camera-no one is surprised by that! Erin loves to take pictures. Her favorite target right now is whatever is on TV. There are a lot of random Tinkerbell pictures on there now. She also is fabulous at getting arm and leg parts of people that are not otherwise identifiable. Perhaps on the day she took the picture you might guess that the blue shirt on that arm belonged to whoever was wearing a blue shirt but I would not want to say it is a sure thing. It's quite entertaining to look through her pictures and also to watch her take them. She really loves having a button to push that is her own and actually does take a picture. Now she doesn't want my camera but she still doesn't really want to pose for me to take her picture either!

Once again, Pawpaw had to open a doll. This time it was an Ariel Little Mermaid that changes color in the bath. Erin immediately started to take off her clothes so she could have a bath. She only stopped when we explained she could play with it in the sink. You have to look behind the smile to see a small glimpse of Ariel!