Tuesday: Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!  Today after church we got together with Ben's family for presents.

Waiting

Opening his first present

Isaac was really not all that interested in opening presents.  He kept crawling away towards the kitchen.  Unlike Scarlet, who was super excited about every present.  (I'll admit, that was much more fun to watch.)

Putting gifts together takes a while. : (

While a lot of the gifts were enjoyed (or will be enjoyed), Isaac really seemed to like his ballapalloza.  He wanted to be part of the action even while we were putting it together.

As a side note, Isaac only took a five minute nap between waking up and 3pm.  But he was doing rather well...as always I think the hustle and bustle energized him.  But I was ready for a nap by that point, so we took one together.

Monday: I scream

...you scream, we all scream for Ice Cream!!

A long time ago we promised Dad that he could be the first one to give Isaac ice cream.  Since we won't see Dad and Pat on Isaac's birthday, today was ice cream day.

The first bite was surprising, but after he got over the cold he was excited for more!

Sunday: horse

Today was a pretty relaxing day.  We took some naps, talked, ate...good times.

We braved the crowds to go get some groceries at Meijer.  It was busy, but not quite as insane as I was afraid of.  We let Isaac ride Sandy, the penny horse, for the first time.

Image from Liz - there's a movie there too if you're really interested

Saturday: Christmases!!

Merry Christmas!

The day started out with a lot of attention for Isaac from Nathan and Liz.  Liz even put a little mohawk in Isaac's hair, although it is hard to see in the pictures.

After a delicious breakfast, it was time to open presents.  Here is Isaac opening his first Christmas present.  He's very happy with the book and showing it by saying "Ooo"

Then an extended family was over tonight.

Isaac was entertained through most of the party by playing with his new pig that he had received in the morning.

Friday: they made it

Nathan and Liz made it! We had a lovely dinner with them, Dad, and Aunt C. And we stayed up late(ish) talking. Three cheers for family!

Thursday: food and sewing machine

Isaac has suddenly become an incredibly picky eater.  His love of peas is gone.  He won't touch cubed cheese.  Carrots and eggs are pushed to the side immediately.  Pasta is a no-go.  Basically, about half his food options are suddenly not options anymore.

I've decided that Isaac should eat his food out of respect for his parents.  If there were only a few things that he didn't like that would be ok.  But to make Ben work for money, have me think about what to buy, go to the store, prep the food, think about what to feed him for a specific meal, and get it ready for him just so that he doesn't eat most of what I give him is unacceptable.

Also, my sewing machine just stopped working.  So much for the last minute finishing of my Christmas potholders.  I'm about to start taking it apart.  Hopefully I won't stay up too late if I can't easily find the cause. :p

edit: it's fixed.  phew.  It needed a good cleaning, but I'm not sure if that was the problem.  What I did discover is that there are a lot of screws attaching the plastic outer covering to the machine, but that the covering still wouldn't come off.  It seemed kind of mean to make me take out all those screws and not have it be worth my while.

Wednesday: oops

Ben and I were going to play racquetball tonight.  I got everything ready and got to the gym only to realize I had forgotten Ben's clothes.  Bother.  I was more mad at myself than I should have been.  And I knew that I was being a little crazy but couldn't help it.

The only good news is that we had to go near the gym anyway to drop off the car for some new tires.