James could color for hours.
On Friday Dada put up Christmas lights on the outside of our house. Most of the pictures did not turn out but I like this one. It looks like the Penguin is on fire!
Saturday
We went to the Macy's holiday display in Downtown Minneapolis with Grandma Laura. We met early for breakfast and then headed over to Macy's pretty early to beat the crowds. My camera couldn't quite capture much of the display and I missed some pretty good shots. The display was pretty small and so we only walked around for like 20 minutes! Well, it was pretty.
James became fascinated by the "mail" in one part of the holiday display. He tried to rip apart the letters that were glued down the floor of the display. Notice the monkey on his back- it lets him walk around freely but within our reach.
I'm so upset that this shot didn't turn out. Oh well.
Back to coloring...
Grandma Laura gave James a great Christmas book with Scratch-n-Sniff parts. James really gets into sniffing!
Time for some rough and tumble football with Dada!
Sunday
Go Vikings! and James confiscated Dada's hat.
Tossing the hat is fun.
Look at what else he found! Dada's slippers! We turned away from James for a second and then he comes walking out of the mudroom with Jim's slippers. It was too cute! I didn't tell James he had them on the wrong feet though.
Dada's hat? Check.
Dada's slippers? Check.
What else can I steal?
We also put up our Christmas tree. James had barely paid any notice of it! It only has lights on it at this point but we think James will be okay around it. I'm so glad.
One last thing- James is eating poorly. We could barely get any food in him today. I thought for sure he would eat everything I put in front of him for dinner but he was SO PICKY. He had perfectly good food (his usual favorites) in front of him but he just whined and cried to get "Out!" I am conflicted about this but because he was whiny and obviously not willing to eat, we didn't give him any "treats" like his favorite fruits or any sweets. Usually he'd get those at the end of the meal and he eats those heartily but we didn't even offer them. I know he'll eat when he gets hungry. I had told myself that when he turned 2 I wouldn't be a short order cook and make too many options. There is no reason why he can't be eating the same good foods that his Mama and Dada eat! Good thing we're starting those vitamins soon.
He acted normally after dinner, well, except for the fussiness at Target. We had to make a quick trip to get tree lights and James wasn't cooperative. We weren't able to browse much and had to rush to get out before he came close to any kind of tantrum. Oh well. Football was waiting for us when we got home :)
Coming up this week: Not too much! I need to contact Grandma Rosie about visiting their new house soon. Bucka? You out there? Give me a call!
