Post-Christmas Fun

Christmas was a lot of fun, but really, we've still been having fun. In the past, it seemed to take Wally several months before he would really play with his new toys. Not this year though!

For quite a while, Wally has been into super heroes (Spider-man, Superman, etc). So, the first time I found him wearing a plastic bag like this, I assumed it was a cape. Wrong! It is a parachute. He has been demonstrating this fact by jumping off everything he can. I wonder why he always has bruises? Yesterday after the grocery store he wanted me to count his parachutes as he took them off. He didn't quite make it to 10 like he did with the underwear, but made it to four paper bags. Wally used some of his Christmas money from Great-Gramma Camilla to buy a new motorized Thomas as the tires of his old one have worn out and it can't climb hills anymore. He is having a blast with both of his Thomases.

Joel thought of trying to read Wally a chapter book (with very few pictures). I figured Wally wouldn't have the attention span for it, but he loves them! It might help too that it is on Joel's Kindle and Wally loves technology!

Though he is a big boy and can read chapter books with his Daddy, he is still a nut ball!

Our neighbors gave Wally some incredibly cute finger puppets for Christmas. Here, Wally's puppet was the teacher and Joel's were the students. We can't remember how the trains came into play, but they weren't trains in Wally's imagination.

To help pass the time, I've made Brother and Sister blankets. Wally went to the store with me to help me pick the fabric. He had no problem picking the fabric for Sister's blanket, but Brother's was a bit harder for him to decide on. For Sister, he picked a pink print with flowers, hearts, and peace signs with a solid purple for the back. For Brother, we finally settled on a blue print with dogs and lime-green for the back. Yesterday, Wally and I went back to the fabric store to get fabric for a curtain for my new kitchen cabinet (couldn't find any I liked though) and ended up buying him fabric for his own blanket. With much coaching, I got Wally away from the pinks, purples, and pastels (figure he'll thank me some time in the future). He finally settled on Fire trucks on one side and dogs on the other - no solids for him! It's rather obnoxious, but perfectly describes the 4-year-old Wally (Well, maybe pink fire trucks and pink dogs would better suit...).

Now we just need Brother and Sister home to share the blankets with!