Yay... Christmas is coming!

We had the childcare train trip last Monday and the whole family went which was really nice. Riley loved the train- he called it the train adventure and we were a bit nervous because at breakfast, he was adamant it needed to be a red diesel engine and ........... it was! phew....

We are building up to Christmas and it is very exciting. Mummy put the tree up a bit early but she loves watching Riley and his excitement. The tree is a bit higher to keep it away from prying hands, particularly a delightful 14 mth old who likes to explore. Alice decided it didn't have enough decorations so more have been added and soft touch mum bought a train to go around the tree for her trainloving son. Then Riley convinced Mum he needed a motion detecting 11 tune snoglobe. So luckily KMart had a 30% sale...

It was Santa parade on Sunday and Mummy couldn't go so Dad took 60 photos and Riley was able to tell Mum all about it. It was magic watching him relive it and tell Mum about all the floats including the 'elbow tross' (albatross). To think, it has been a year since we found out he was on the spectrum and to look at him now, the progress is just unbelievable.

Dad said it was also magical to watch Jemma at the parade because she was so excited and waved at everything. We missed some of these developmental things when Riley was her age, so Christmas is shaping up to be very exciting with both children.