xavier has enjoyed another great christmas, but possibly he's not as excited as some may have hoped...

he was great in the build-up - he loved singing and dancing to carols, playing them every morning - he loved turning the christmas tree lights on and helped decorate the tree.

we convinced him to write a letter asking for things, which he eventually agreed to, but we had to prompt him about what he wanted!! in the end he got some thomas coaches, a remote control car, a torch, some cd-books and a dvd - from others he got hseet sets, games, clothes, books, toys and lots of attention...

his behaviour of late has been quite erratic, from unbelievably bad, to saintly - not that bad really, but as bad as he gets... he's really starting to test his boundaries, and the parents are being tested!

we are trying 1-2-3 magic on him and it has a positive effect... overall 2009 was a year of significant social and cognitive development for xavier and i think he'll be in good shape for kindy next year...