In the Words of James

We all had a blast watching James experience Christmas this year. He loved all the Christmas lights,  trees (still calls lights "Christ-tree") snowmen and other decorations that were up in our neighborhood. Because of the beautiful weather we went for many walks and James and Grandpa would talk the whole way about what they saw.

"Big Snoopy not up"

Walking like Grandpa

"Snowman hat on!"

One house in our neighborhood had an inflatable helicopter on their roof. This was a favorite right from the start! James would talk about this airplane from when he got up in the morning all the way until he went to bed. "Airplane not up. Airplane round round. Airplane not round round." At one point the helicopter did not work but at least they kept it inflated. It's been weeks since they took it down and we still talk about it daily!

Sometimes James will just sit down and say, "Me sit here one mimit" and he'll watch the world go by. It's a good lesson for us to slow down and enjoy the moment!

One of my favorite phrases was, "Hey! Another snowman!"

Our neighbor across the street, Officer Davis, put lights up and that was another favorite of James. James would look at the house in the morning and if the lights were not up he'd say, "Office Davis Christ-tree not on outside." Then he'd get his pretend phone and call Officer Davis and ask him to turn his lights on.

What wonderful memories!