Gifts for Tamayuki

 

"Then we went out for ice cream and they put it on a doughnut! I'm not supposed to tell, but Yuriko ate two."

 

 

"It was hard climbing back into the box because the tape is really sticky. Rainie stayed behind to make sure they didn't ship the box without us. We promised to take her out for ice cream once she had the rest of her body." Tamayuki was telling his dolly about the trip he had with his new sisters when they were on their way home for their adoption.

 

 

"Tamayuki, I have a present for you." His mommy smiled at him with her hands behind her back.

 

 

"For me?" Shy Tamayuki looked surprised.

 

 

"Yep, just for you. Now close your eyes!"

 

 

When dolly heard the boxes being placed on the table he couldn't contain his excitement, even though the gifts weren't for him.

 

"I want to open this one!" he energetically exclaimed.

 

 

"The boxes are so big mommy! The bow is very pretty."

 

"Now, how do I get this open?" The little man searched for a way to get the package to reveal it's secret.

 

 

"Are these really all for me?" His mommy nodded at him happily.

 

"There must be a latch, or a button, or something..." Dolly grumbled to himself.

 

 

"Let me help you with that Tamayuki." Excited over what was in the presents, dolly forgot about the box he had been examining.

 

 

"What are these?"

 

"OOF!" The lid was too heavy for the small man and knocked him over.

 

 

"Green stripies, just like a watermelon!"

 

"Hey! Careful with heavy things like that!"

 

 

"How dare you fall on me." With all of his strength, the man went after the guiltless box top.

 

 

"Little dinorawers!" Tamayuki giggled delightedly to himself.

 

"I'll show you!"

 

 

"I love dinorawers mommy!"

 

"So long you stupid lid. I won't let you get the better of me."

 

 

"What are these for?" Even though Tamayuki liked his presents so far, he couldn't imagine what to do with them.

 

"Mommy is going to make you your own quilt to keep you warm because Daddy likes the house to be very cold."

 

"Is there anything else in here? That can't be all of it..."

 

 

"Tamayuki is going to open this one now."

 

"Woah!" Loosing his footing on the slick surface, the man tumbled headlong into the empty box.

 

 

"Ouch..."

 

 

Dolly struggled to right himself, continuing to go unnoticed by the distracted little boy.

 

 

"More fabric? Is it for more blankies?"

 

"Fabric? But the box had pictures of chocolates on it!" The startled statement was interjected with the occasional grunt.

 

"In this family Dolly, it's been a long known rule to never believe what is printed on the box. If the box never lied I would have had a LOT more strange gifts growing up."

 

 

"I like the cute owls. It is so fuzzy and it tickles my fingers."

 

A sigh comes from the box.

 

 

"Dolly, what are you doing in there?" Finally Tamayuki notices the trouble the little man is having.

 

 

"Tamayuki can help dolly get out."

 

"Thanks a lot." Slightly miffed from being left to struggle so long against the malicious container, the comment sounded sarcastic.

 

 

"That fabric is for a pair of flannel pajamas once I can get some patterns drafted for you Tamayuki."

 

 

"I have a slide! Weeeee!"

 

Tamayuki giggled at his dolly's antics.

 

 

"I love all of my presents!"

 

Reaching the end of his short slide, Dolly crashes into the box.

 

 

"Thank you whole bunches Mommy!"

 

"Ouch. I think I'm done now..."

 

 

"I love the dinorawrs, and I love you too Mommy."

 

"You make me so happy Tamayuki, how could any mommy not love you? Even if I could have all the cutest dinos possible, they still couldn't replace a single Tamayuki."

 

"Can I go to bed now? My dinorawers are sleepy."

 

"I think it's more like you just want to snuggle with them!" The pair dissolved into a fit of giggling as the mommy hugged her adorable little boy.

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~Sister Kyoya

That is so sweet! Tamayuki is so adorable and so is his dolly! I love the word "dinorawers"! haha

 

That is so funny that your house is kept cold. My dad is like that too. My parents are in Texas and I am in Minnesota. It is warmer inside my apartment up here than it is in my parents' home in winter down there. We have very different heating systems. Up here, we have pipes carrying steam to the different apartments. It can get pretty warm inside. My parents have central heating and don't like to pay a lot to heat the house.

That is so sweet! Tamayuki is so adorable and so is his dolly! I love the word "dinorawers"! haha

 

That is so funny that your house is kept cold. My dad is like that too. My parents are in Texas and I am in Minnesota. It is warmer inside my apartment up here than it is in my parents' home in winter down there. We have very different heating systems. Up here, we have pipes carrying steam to the different apartments. It can get pretty warm inside. My parents have central heating and don't like to pay a lot to heat the house.

These were taken a day or so after Tamayuki arrived and he hadn't quite learned yet that his dolly can get himself into a lot of trouble. If I remember right, dinorawers was a word Raven started to use a lot of years ago, so that's what we normally call them anymore.

 

I think Raven would live in the fridge if he could. He has a very high body temperature normally, so he's great to snuggle with because he's like a heater. The down side is I don't do so well with either it being too hot or too cold, leaving me to be a 'wifesicle' during the colder months. I had to buy a pair of gloves and cut off the fingertips so I could wear them while typing.

 

~Sister Kyoya

I think my dad is the same. I am with you. I don't like being really cold or really hot. I am glad my apartment is warm, but I try to minimize my time outside in the winters here. The wind is the worst!

I don't keep the house cold, I keep it comfortable! Not my fault that other people ENJOY roasting in an oven. Besides, Yuriko doesn't mind.

 

I don't remember how the dinorawrs thing started. Maybe because they are dinosaurs, but they roar? Something like that. I think when I was little, it only applied to the carnivores, because they would roar the loudest in my mind, but it was so cute that it's become more universal these days.

 

My favorite pic in the set is Dollie sliding. It just cracks me up every time! Also, I'd love pajamas made of the owl fabric, too bad there's not nearly enough. Plus, matching PJs for me and Tamayuki would be fun!

That was adorable--especially Dolly's miffed pose after getting hit with the lid. And man, I wish Agatha and Nanoha were that excited when I brought fabric home. Granted, Nanoha is usually at least polite, and she did like the fabric I picked for her Princess Celestia outfit, but Agatha ignores the stuff until I hand her something completed. She'd rather I bring home dangerous chemicals, or industrial power transformers with no current limiting. *eyeroll* Man you have it easy with Tama-chan!

Awww, how sweet~! I bet his quilt and pyjamas will be darling!