Generous and Wonderful

We talked with James about buying toys for the "boys and girls with no money". That was the easiest way to explain it. We forgot to take the toys to the Santa Breakfast but we did bring them to the daycare the next school day. He very happily put them in the box for Santa to pick up.

I'm very sorry to need to tell James about the boys and girls who don't have nice homes, enough food, or toys to play with. He is still unwilling to part with his (current) toys to give to the needy but he'll get there one day.

Later that night, James has been highly amused by some Youtube videos. Dad and James cuddle on the couch and watch the short little lego "movies". I'm trying to encourage James to make his own movie soon.

His giggles are heart warming.

Silly Sneaky.

James told me that Sneaky "didn't watch" him pee.

Surprise!

James had a big surprise for me when I picked him up from school. Actually, he greeted me normally but when I was gathering his stuff from his locker I found a tiny little ziploc with what looked like nothing in it. And then I saw it- an itty bitty tooth! What?!

The teacher told me that the tooth fell out at breakfast. She wasn't making a big deal of it. I was shocked and started telling her that it's his first and it wasn't even loose, I didn't think. THEN she was a bit more serious about it and started to explain that it's probably okay. One boy from James' class has already lost FOUR teeth!

So here he is.

And then we got home and showed Dad.

He was just as surprised. We didn't expect this for months, maybe longer! Well, luckily we've already started talking about the tooth fairy and Tia ChaCha gave James a great book called Bear's Loose Tooth so we were able to reference that too.

Hello Tooth Fairy! I hope she's generous tonight :)

I had an emotional moment and needed Jim to hug me. My little boy isn't so little. This is happening fast!

James' Friend Party

I have a lot of photos to share from October and November still but I wanted to look through and enjoy James' birthday pics. These photos (a lot of them!) are from the kids' party that we had on Saturday. It was a Lego theme. Lego everything!

Lego cookie decorating-

The favor bags contained Lego crayons, a mini coloring book, Lego candy, and a small Lego kit.

Noah was the first to arrive. Isn't he sweet?

Another sweet moment. I wonder if they'll last?

Cookie decorating-

Look at my cookie, Logan!

We saw James interact with his friends. He is a different kid!

I won!

So Noah starts getting active. It was funny when he sat on James' lap but then it was too much. James started to yelp. Noah started to wrestle and act a little wild after the first hour. I thought I was going to worry about Russell and then I met Noah.

Jim sits calmly in the middle of the chaos.

I really enjoyed Logan. Super cute and polite!

Lego play.

James received a camera from us for his birthday. His friends had a blast with it. I should tell their parents that they would enjoy one too, for Christmas.

I'll post James' camera pics some other time.

Cake time!

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Mmmmm.

Noah. Silly.

Kaitlyn.

Is this what it would be like to have FIVE kids? Aye.

Watching James open presents.

Group picture!

Watching Dino Dan (a show). Silence... for about 3 minutes.

These are the Lego pictures from the "photo booth". We used our iPhones to take these pictures and transform them into Lego mosaics. They are best if you look at them from a distance.