DJ's Diaper Diaries: Part Seven- A New Year ------------------------------------------- Chapter One "Mom, I'm Home!!" I yelled as I came through the door. "Welcome back stranger. How was your sleepover?" "It was unbelievable." I said as I began telling her what happened. Mom was chuckling by the time I finished my story. "Why did you want me to come home early?" "We're having Cathy and Jim over for dinner tonight, and I needed you to get your room cleaned up and help with things around the house." "Oh. OK." The rest of the morning and afternoon went quickly and quietly with all the work mom had me and my brothers doing. During all this the house started to fill will the smell of mom making a batch of her pasta sauce. My mouth was watering just from the smell of it. After a long while I walked into the kitchen where mom was still getting things ready for dinner. "Mom, I'm done with the dusting. If there's nothing else you want me to do, I'm going to take a nap till everyone gets here." "That's fine. As long as you're up there why don't you change your brothers and have them take a nap as well." I just nodded to this and thought how cool it was that mom didn't mind Donn, Paul, or I wearing diapers all day on the weekends. This made it better for me since my daytime accidents have been growing more frequent, and this way I didn't have to tell my parents about it, though I knew sooner or later they would either find out or have to be told. I found Donn and Paul already asleep when I walked into their room, so I just did a quick check to make sure they weren't to wet or leaking, and then headed to my room to do the same. I woke up several hours later to the sound of playing coming from my little brothers room. Realizing that Jim and Cathy must be here by now I did a quick diaper change and went down to greet them. "Well, look who decided to wake up and join us." I heard as I came downstairs. "Hi Uncle Jim." I yawned as I gave him a hug. "How's it going there DJ?" "Not bad." That's good to hear. Hey DJ, I think you forgot something though." "What's that?" I asked quizzically. "Your pants." Jim laughed. "I didn't forget them. I just didn't put any on. They just get in the way when I change, and it's not like none of you have seen me just wearing my diapers before." "He's got you there Jim." Dad laughed from where he was watching a football game. Jim started laughing at that, and we both sat done on the couch to watch the game also. Justin and Jacob came running down to greet me a few minutes later. It was quite comical with how they both seemed to stop short when they saw all I had on was a T- shirt, and my diapers. "What's the matter? You guys never seen a kid in diapers before?" I joked. "Sorry, DJ, you just caught me short by not having any pants on over them." Justin stated as he came up to give me a hug. "I'm not worried about it." I replied while returning the hug. Jacob on the other hand I could tell would be running true to form, and he didn't surprise me at all when he started calling me a diaper boy. "Jacob, remember our little talk before we came over?" his dad warned. "Yeah Jacob" , I added, " you'll want to watch it or else we might have to do a repeat of Thanksgiving." While he calmed down a bit at what his dad said, my comment stopped him dead. "They told you about that?" he asked worriedly. "Yep, they told me Everything." I told him grinning. "I'm sorry about what I said. It's good to see you again." he said while giving me a big hug. Jacob went back up to play with his cousins soon after this. Everyone started laughing at this. "You know, DJ, I don't think I've ever seen him apologize so quickly in my life." Jim chuckled. "With any luck maybe that'll keep in line the rest of the evening." he added. "Well, DJ so nice of you to join us." Aunt Cathy said as I came into the kitchen. "Good to see you again to." I answered while giving her a hug. "How was your nap?" Mom asked "Just fine. I guess this weekend wore me out more than I thought." "I bet it did. How was your diaper when you got up?" I had gotten used to this question a long time ago, and just answered mom's question with a cocked eyebrow. As if to tell her what a lame question it was. "You're right, I don't know what I was thinking." she said on seeing my look. I just nodded, and got the drink I had come in for to begin with. "Would you mind going to get your brothers and cousins for dinner." Cathy asked on my way out. "Yeah, I do mind, but I'll do it anyway since you asked so nicely." I answered. I laughed a bit on leaving the kitchen when I heard my Aunt Cathy mumble something about teenagers. "Dinner will be ready in a few minutes you guys." I said sticking my head in to my little brothers room. "And, make sure you wash up before you come down also." I added, before heading into the bathroom to wash up myself. Dan came home from work just as I was coming back down stairs. "And, where have you been all day?" I asked in a mock angry voice from behind him. "I was at work. What's your excuse?" Dan said as he turned around to face me. I just grinned at this and tried to tackle him, but failed miserably. Mom, and Cathy came in a few seconds later to the sound of my laughing. "All right you two, that's enough. You know how I feel about rough-housing inside." Mom told us through a grin. "Dinner will be ready in a few minutes Dan, why don't you go up and get changed first." She added a few seconds later. "I swear it's spooky at how much you two are starting are starting to look alike." Cathy said from behind my mom. "Hi Cathy." Dan said a moment later while getting up to give her a hug. "How've you been doing?" he asked "Oh, not to bad. Just a bit tired at times with how your cousins run around at times." She replied. "You know you could always try the ball, and chains like I suggested." Dan said with a smile. "I may just have to do that." My aunt replied with a smile. Dan just chuckled at this and headed upstairs to change. "So, DJ, how was the sleep over?" Dad asked halfway through dinner. "It was a blast." , I said and started giving them a rundown of what happened, " Even Dan made an impression on them." "How so?" Dan asked when he heard his name mentioned. "You were training John's older sister Erin on Friday." I replied. "How could you tell she was talking about me?" He inquired. "It was easy. Nobody else has a nickname of "Smurfy" where you work." I told him "Good point. So, what all did she say about me?" Dan asked warming to the conversation. "Nothing much, just that you seemed to be a bit overbearing at times, and a bit of a task master." I told him. "And, how did you reply to this?" "I had to agree with her on it." I answered honestly. Dan just let the subject drop at this statement, but I could tell he wasn't at all pleased to hear what I said. After this the conversations headed back to the safer subjects of school and the up coming Christmas Holiday. The rest of the evening went quietly with the adults upstairs talking while the rest of us were in the basement playing games. Soon after everyone left, Donn, Paul, and I were sent up to go get ready for bed. Mom was waiting for me in my room after my shower. "Okay DJ, hop up her and spread `em." Mom laughed as I walked in to my room. I saw that she already had my changing pad and diapers laid out on the bed, so I just jumped up on them. True to form mom had me thickly and snugly diapered in just a matter of minutes. Before leaving the room she tossed me a pair of my blanket sleepers, and kissed me goodnight. Telling me that a bottle was in the warmer on the table by my bed if I wanted it. I just nodded to this climbed into the sleepers, and then into bed. After getting the bottle, I pulled my blankets up around me, and reached for my teddy bear. I fell a sleep a little while later. Chapter Two I met up with John at lunch the next day to see how things turned out. "How did it go after I left yesterday?" I asked after setting my lunch tray down. "It didn't go too bad. My parents and I had a long talk about all this. They said that if I really wanted to wear them they'd get me some. Though, I'd have to help pay for them, and use them for their intended purpose when I did have them on." John told me with a hint of a smile on his face. "So, does this mean we're still friends?" "Sure it does. In fact, I have to thank you for all this. If it hadn't been for you lending me one of yours, I wouldn't have been caught, and I'd still be sneaking my brothers. This way I don't have to hide them any more, and I'll have some that fit me." "So, what do you have planned for Christmas Break?" John asked. "My family and I will be heading out to California right after school on Wednesday to visit relatives. How about you?" "Some of my family are coming in from Ireland and England for the holidays." "Cool. I bet you can't wait for that one?" "I can't, Some of my Aunts, Uncles and Cousins I haven't seen in several years, so I'm really looking forward to this." "I can imagine the look on their faces when they see Josh again." I said with a laugh. John started laughing as well a moment later when the image of this hit him. "Mom, I'm home!" I called as I walked through the door. "How was school today DJ?" she asked as I came into the kitchen to grab a snack. "Not bad." I answered while filling her in on school. Just as I was finishing up Donn walked into the room, and I could tell from the bulge in his sweats he had a diaper on. "What's Donn padded up for already?" I asked thinking he might have had another one of his accidents. "He came home a little early today because he wasn't feeling well." "Oh, OK. Well he better be over it by mid-week, or there'll be trouble." I answered with mock seriousness as I started to leave the room. Mom just smiled at this. "Oh, DJ, as soon as you finish up with your homework I want you to start pulling all your clothes for the trip together." Mom, I was planning on going over to John's for awhile, though." "That's fine. That means you can just go the entire time in just a diaper then." "Uh, yeah. Where do you want me to put them?" "Just lay them out on the spare bed in your room." Mom answered with a smile. I was a bit surprised when mom came in a few hours later, and pulled out about a dozen of my cloth diapers, and set them next to the clothes I had set out earlier. "What are those for?" "For you to wear to bed on the trip what else." Mom told me with a smile. "No, I mean why are you packing those? I thought we'd just be using disposables the whole time." "Well, I got to thinking that since we would have access to a washing machine it would be easier to just have you guys wear cloth diapers while we were down there." "I guess that makes sense." I told her and went back to the video game I was playing. The rest of the evening was kind of hectic with all of us running around trying to get things ready for the trip that was coming up. Donn spent most of this time curled up on the couch sleeping. While I was a bit jealous about him being able to just sleep through this, I had to admit he did look cute, and was a lot less of a pain this way. I was so bushed myself at the end of the night I was asleep the second my head hit the pillow. The next two days was a big blur to me with all the things I was having to get done between school, and all the house work my mom was giving me. I was just glad to see that all my teachers were using Wednesday as a blow off day, and weren't giving out any homework to do. I was even more grateful to my gym teacher for not making us suit up for class because it would have been very hard to explain the GoodNite pants I was wearing instead of my normal underwear. Halfway through Sixth hour I was excused to go to the office because I was getting out early. I couldn't get out of there fast enough. I stopped just long enough to drop my back pack off at my locker since I didn't have any homework to deal with anyway. I had a feeling this was going to be a very exciting trip for some reason. Hey Kiddo, how's your day been going?" Dan asked when I walked into the office. "What are you doing here?" I asked in confusion because as of three days before Dan wasn't able to come with us due to work, and lack of funds. "It's so nice to see how happy you are to see me." Dan laughed. "I am happy to see you, but I thought you weren't able to come with us." I answered as Dan signed me out, and we started for the front door. "Something came up that's allowing me to join you guys." "What's that?" "Sorry, can't tell you. They wanted it to be a surprise." "Where's your car?" I asked looking around, but not seeing the beat-up Jeep Wrangler he normally drove. "I didn't bring it. Mom, and Dad dropped me off first, and went to pick Donn and Paul up." Before I could say another thing Dan nudged my shoulder, and added "Here they come now." When I looked to where he was pointing I saw a Black strech-limo pulling into the school's drive. "You want to tell me what's going on now?" "No." Dan added with a smile. "Thanks a lot." About this time the limo stopped in front of us, and the driver got out to get the door for us. I could see people looking through the windows of the classrooms that faced the parking lot, and knew I would be having a lot of people asking me questions when I got back. "Mom, you want to let me know what's going on here. Dan's not telling me a thing." I asked in a bit of a whining voice. "Sorry DJ, Sean, and Karen asked us to keep it a secret. You'll find out what's going on when we get to Florida." "Florida? Last I heard they lived in California." "They moved last week. It's all part of the surprise." "I guess I should just relax and enjoy all this huh?" I asked rhetorically. My parents just laughed at this, and nodded. "Mom, about how much longer till we get to the terminal?" I asked about 45 minutes later in a strained voice. "We should be there in about another 15 or 20 minutes. Why?" "Because I have to take a leak, and I'm not sure how much longer I can hold it." "Why didn't you go before you left school?" "I did, but with all this "surprise" thing going on, it filled up again." "Are you wearing the GoodNites I handed you this morning?" "Yeah, I still have those on." "Okay, then go ahead, and use that. I'll change you when we get to the terminal." With that I started to wet my GoodNites, and hoped that they wouldn't start leaking since I was wearing my good suit. "Donn, Paul, do either of you need to use the restroom, or be changed?" mom asked when we got into the terminal, and judging by the look on my brother's faces I knew what the answer would be. Mom just looked at them, and shook her head. "Dan, you take DJ in the restroom with you and change him. I'll take Donn, and Paul in with me." Dan just nodded, and herded me into the men's room after taking the small bag mom offered. "OK, DJ, in here." Dan said opening the door to the handicap stall. "Why?" "Because I can't very well change you out there" he replied pointing to the main area. "No, I mean why do you have to change me?" I whined. "Because we're a bit short on time, and it'll go faster this way. Now drop your pants before I do it for you." "All right." I told him as I dropped my pants, and revealed the nearly maxed out GoodNites I had on underneath them. Without saying a word, Dan reached over, and started ripping open the sides of them. After wiping me down with a baby wipe, Dan had me stand against the wall as he held a diaper up to it. After bringing the diaper up between my legs a little ways he opened a bottle of powder, and gave my crotch a liberal dusting of it. He then finished bringing the diaper up, and after snugly working it into my crotch he taped in closed. While I was pulling my pants up he turned around and used the toilet himself. Mom and my other brothers came out of the restroom a few minutes after Dan and I did, and judging from the look on Donn's face he had been less than cooperative during his changing. After thirty minutes of waiting our flight was called. I guess dad was in a bit of a screwy mood because when they called for the pre-boarding of people needing some extra time he had us go up to the gate. With both Dan and I having Palsy the Gate attendant didn't even think twice about allowing us on early. Donn, Paul, and I were all shocked to learn that we were flying First class, and not our normal Coach. I didn't even bother asking about the tickets since they would probably just say that it's a surprise. I woke up several hours later to the jarring thump of our plane landing in Miami. After we got off the plane the first thing I noticed was how wet I was. "Mom, may I have the bag please?" I asked, while Dan, and my Dad were off getting the suitcases. "Here you go DJ, and take Donn and Paul with you. I'm sure they need to be changed as well." Mom told me quietly, as she handed the bag to me. I thanked her, and motioned for my brothers to follow me. "You're not going to put us back in a diaper are you?" Donn asked as we entered the restroom. "I was planning to. Unless you guys just want to go around without one, and take a chance on having an accident." I told them. "That's okay with me." Donn answered, though Paul wasn't so keen on this idea. "Okay Donn, I'll leave one off you, but I will be telling mom about this." I told him as I started to pull off both their wet diapers. "Why do you have to tell mom? We can just keep this a secret." Donn said. "I'll tell you why we have to tell mom, I don't want her having my ass for dinner for not putting you in a diaper if you end up having an accident. Now make up your mind, do you want one or not?" I stated flatly Donn shook his head stubbornly at this. "Okay fine, but I don't want any complaints later on." With that I turned back to Paul and finished rediapering him. Then took care of my own change. "What took you so long?" Mom asked as we came up to where everyone was waiting. "Donn decided he didn't want to have another diaper put on, so I had to have a talk with him." I told her. "Is he wearing one now?" she asked as we headed for the car rental counter. "No. he said he didn't want one, so I didn't bother fighting him on it." I answered honestly. Mom just nodded to this, and leaned over to say something to Donn, though I didn't catch a word of it. Twenty-five minutes later we were on our way to Sean, and Karen's new place in one of Orlando's suburbs. About fifteen minutes before we got there I noticed Donn was fidgeting, and knew it was only a matter of time before he wet himself. Donn proved me right five minutes later, as he started to wet himself. I just looked at him with a "I told you so" look on my face as the front of his pants turned a darker color than they started with. With a shake of my head I leaned forward to tell my mom what happened. "Mom, Donn just wet his pants." I told her softly. Her head came around so fast I almost thought she gave herself whiplash. With the look she was giving him, I was glad I wasn't in his shoes, or in this case pants. I was surprised when Mom didn't say a word then, but knew that once we got to Sean, and Karen's place the fireworks would go off. Everyone was waiting for us when we pulled into the driveway a short while later. Mom, and Donn were the first ones out of the car, and after a very brief hello disappeared into the house. As my dad, and Dan were pulling the luggage out of the car Paul, and I ran up to Sean, Karen, and our cousins to give everyone hugs. I did notice that my Aunt, and Uncle did have a gleam in their eyes as the patted both Paul, and I on the butt. I knew for a fact that they knew we were in diapers, but they didn't say a word. Mom, and Donn came back outside a short time later. It was pretty obvious that Donn had gotten a spanking over his refusal to wear a diaper earlier. Jason, and Seamus started chuckling when they saw Donn's new attire. My brother was dressed in a short T-shirt, and what could only be a thick- stack of cloth diapers. This did answer one thought I was having, as to whether Jason, and Seamus still wet the bed. I knew this because mom could have only gotten the diapers from them, since Karen had a constant habit of packing clothes away the moment they weren't needed, and if this had been the case mom wouldn't have been able to get Donn diapered so quickly. Besides, none of the cloth diapers we brought with us had even been unpacked yet. After all of our bags had been taken inside, and put away, we went down to sit by the pool in back. This is when I found out that Sean, and Karen had won the California Lottery, and were now very well off. Donn, Paul, and myself were in shock from hearing this. Everyone started laughing at the look on my brothers face, and this would be understandable since you could have knocked all three of us over with a feather. About 15 minutes after we sat down my Three-year-old cousin Amanda came down from having her nap. Her eyes lit up when she saw that we had gotten there, and after running over to us, she gave us each a big hug. It got even better once she saw how Donn was dressed with the typical curiosity of a toddler she looked up at her mom and said "Mommy, Unca D in dawpers?" At this everyone started laughing except of course for Donn who just sat there looking like he wanted to disappear. The rest of the evening went quietly, with all of us kids down in the basement playing either pool, or a board game. About an hour later Aunt Karen came down to tell us it was time to get ready for bed. I was kind of put out by this since I wasn't used to getting ready this early, but didn't say anything about it. Donn, and Paul on the other hand stayed true to form, and started complaining. I shut this down quickly, and helped my aunt herd them upstairs. I was really surprised when I saw Jason's, and Seamus's bathroom. The thing was huge. Along one wall was a three sink set-up, the opposite wall had a large linen closet, the toilet was in a stall next to the closet, and in the center of the room was a bathtub big enough for 5 kids easily. What really got me was the large changing table that was set in a small wall alcove along the back wall. This all but confirmed that my cousins still wore diapers to bed, and that their mom, and dad still handled the changing. Twenty minutes after sending us in to get a bath, Sean came in to help my brothers, and cousins get their diapers on. After getting everyone else diapered I was shocked to find that he planned on diapering me as well. "Do you really have to do this Uncle Sean? I think I can manage to put my own diapers on." I told him. "Sorry DJ, but your mom asked me to do this, besides you're OK with putting the Velcro closure diapers on, and I plan on using the kind you have to pin on. So, hop up here, and we can get you ready for bed." Sean answered while patting the changing table. Not seeing any other alternative I hopped up on to the table, and laid down. I was embarrassed by the fact at Thirteen my parents still didn't trust me to put on my own diapers. I was just glad that my uncle waited to diaper me after my brothers and cousins were done. I woke up late the next morning due to all the traveling we had done yesterday. I found my parents, and older brother were already up by this time and were just sitting around the breakfast table talking. "Morning everybody." I yawned as I walked into the room. "Morning honey, how'd you sleep last night?" "Oh, not to bad. Sleeping in a strange bed took a bit of getting used to." I answered as I sat down. "I'm sure you'll get used to it." Mom said with a laugh. About this time Jason wandered into the Dinning room as well. I was a bit surprised to see that he had his teddy bear with him. He went through the same questions I had. While mom and Aunt Karen were in getting breakfast ready for us I felt the need to pee, and instead of mentioning something to everyone I went ahead and let in go into my already soggy diapers. Judging from the look on Jason's face he had the same idea I did. Just as mom started bringing out the food Seamus, Donn, Paul, and Amanda came waddling in. "Just so you guys know, we are just planning on staying around the house today while we get caught up from the jet lag, and get everything unpacked." Dad said as we finished eating. We all just nodded to this, and headed upstairs to change. I was surprised to see my mom waiting in Jason's room for me. It took her only a few minutes to get Jason's diaper undone, and throw him a pair of swimming trunks to wear. As soon as he left she turned her attention to me. I had my own diapers pulled off in a matter of moments, and I started reaching for my own swim trunks. I was a bit startled when mom threw me a pair of GoodNites. "DJ, Would you like to tell me why I found these in your bags?" She asked as she sat down next to me. I just sat there for a moment not really sure of what to say. "I've been having some trouble controlling myself lately during the day when I get excited, and such. I brought those a long to wear just in case I did have an accident. I didn't want to embarrass anyone." I told her without making eye contact. "OK, I can understand that. Now would you like to tell me for how long this has been happening, and why you thought you couldn't tell me, or your father?" "I guess it's been going on for a couple of months now, and I was just to embarrassed by it to tell anyone." "OK, but the second we get home young man I'm making an appointment for you with the doctor." I just nodded at this, and finished getting my trunks on. My brothers and I spent the rest of the morning and early afternoon in the pool my cousins had in the back yard. A couple of hours later some of Jason's, and Seamus's friends came over and we soon found ourselves in a friendly game of Tag Ball. While I thought I was a bit old for such a thing I have to say that it was a lot of fun. Though, Dan did get a bit overly physical at times during the game. I was almost glad to hear Aunt Karen call us in for lunch. I was a bit put out after lunch when we were told that it was time for us to take a nap. One look from both my Uncle, and Dad stopped any arguments before they even started. After lunch all of us kids were sent upstairs to get ready for our naps. Since Aunt Karen had set out some of my normal diapers, I went ahead and diapered myself. I was already under the covers by the time Dan came in to help us get ready. I did get double checked to make sure both my diapers and plastic pants were on tight enough to prevent any leaks. I drifted off to sleep a few minutes later. I woke up a few hours later, and saw that the sun was beginning to set. Seamus came into the room just as I was sitting up. "DJ, Mom says it's time to get up now, and to go get a shower." I just nodded to this in the middle of a yawn, and headed off to the bathroom. Jason was just coming out of the bathroom with a towel around his waist. I just nodded to him as I stepped in behind him. As I started to pull off my pee soaked diaper, I noticed the extra diaper pail by the changing table, and knew this was where mine were to go. With this done, I started the shower and have to admit that it sure felt good. I was a bit surprised to find a suit laid out for me when I got back to my room. "What's this for?" I asked Jason. "We're going out to a play after dinner, and they wanted to make sure we all dressed nicely for it." "I can understand that, but this isn't my suit." "Sure it is, mom picked it up during our naps." "That's not what I meant. I mean this isn't the suit I wore down here." "It looks like it, how can you tell it's not." Jason said with a hint of a smile "Because to my knowledge, I've never owned an Armani suit." I told him. About this time my aunt came in to see if we were ready yet, and caught the end of what I was saying. "I know, just think of it as an early Christmas present from Sean, and I." Karen said. "Then I guess I owe you a thank you then don't I?" I said with a smile. "That would be nice." Karen replied, chuckling. With this I gave her a hug, and thanked her for the suit. After she left I dropped the towel I had on, and got dressed. When Jason, and I got downstairs a short while later I saw that everyone else got new suits as well. It was kind of funny seeing my younger brothers fidgeting in their suits since they didn't like dressing up in the first place. Having us all dressed up like this mom decided to have us all pose of a picture. After a few minutes of this Uncle Sean said our ride was here, and went out to climb into a limo even bigger than the one that picked me up at school. It was a good thing that Karen had left Amanda with a baby-sitter since we didn't get home from the play till almost 2A.M. I was a bit surprised to find that my GoodNites were still dry as I was getting undressed. Since I was so tired I didn't even bother going in to get one of my normal diapers on, and just went to bed wearing my GoodNites. Chapter Three "Hey, DJ!!, get up Santa came last night." Paul said excitedly, while shaking me. "It better be later than it seems, or you're not going to live long enough to open any presents." I mumbled. "C'mon get up!!!" With a groan I woke up enough to look at the clock next to my bed. It read 5:30am. "Paul, I'm only going to say this once. Unless you want to get hurt, go back to your room, and don't bother me for another Five hours." With that said I turned my back to him, and went back to sleep. I woke up about Five hours later, and headed downstairs. "Morning DJ, Merry Christmas." Karen said as I walked into the kitchen. "Morning, Aunt Karen. Same too you." I said groggily, as I sat down at the counter, and accepted the glass of juice Karen handed me. "Looks like you could use a change of pants there kiddo." Karen laughed. I blushed a little when I looked down, and saw that the majority of my GoodNites were a deep yellow instead of white. "I think you're right." After finishing the juice I headed upstairs to grab a quick shower, and change. By the time I came back downstairs my cousins, and younger brothers were already up. "Morning Guys." I said coming into the family room where they were all watching cartoons. I sat down, and started watching them also. A short time later Amanda came toddling in with her blankie, and teddy bear. With out so much as a hell she climbed up into my lap, and started sucking her thumb. Over the next half hour all the adults came staggering down, and greeted us. While breakfast was being made we were allowed to open our stockings. After finding that each of us boys had received squirt guns a running water gun battle started much to the amusement of our parents. After breakfast was finished, and the dishes were cleared from the table we all headed downstairs for the serious present opening. The noise level got deafening as each new package was opened. all of us kids soon found ourselves surrounded by toys galore. It was obvious though, that the big presents from my mom and dad still had yet to be handed out. "Here you go guys." Dad said as he handed Donn, Paul, and myself a big box. With barely restrained excitement we all started ripping off the paper, and then the boxes underneath. To say we were shocked by the boxes contents would be an understatement. Just as Donn, and Paul picked up the sleepers that were on top my dad popped a picture with the new camera he got. I started laughing at this because my brothers had each gotten a pair of footed blanket sleepers with Pooh Bear on the front, a stuffed Pooh Bear, and some printed diapers, and plastic pants. I had gotten the samething, only my sleepers had Tigger on them. I did get kind of embarrassed when I saw that the diapers I got had a big heart on the seat of them. While Donn, and Paul both looked like they were going to cry over this, I just started laughing at all this, and thanked my parents for them. The rest of the day we spent at home messing around with our new things. The rest of the week went by too quickly, and we soon found ourselves heading back home. I was just glad that I was going to have a couple of days to readjust to the changes in both the Time zones, and weather conditions.