David's Creative Side

A few days before Christmas, we decided to go ahead & give David his Vtech Kidizoom Camera. This way we could see a bit of Christmas from his eyes!

Of course, the picture quality is not great. It works best outside. The flash inside really washes out the pictures. I've picked a few of my favorites since he's had the camera to share with you here.

Enjoy a little bit of life, from David's view...

Dad

Mom & Elizabeth

Elizabeth sitting on David's bed

The King & Lightning McQueen

We ended up with a lot of pictures of David's feet!

I thought this one was really cute, though!

Following Dad to the car

(good composition, too!)

The Christmas tree at MawMaw's house

Getting into MawMaw's van to come back home

after an overnight stay

The view inside the van

Uncle Bubba

To see more pictures from David's view, visit my Flickr. I've put all of David's photos into his own set called David's Eye View.

Another Day of Christmas!

Today was another day of family Christmas; this time was Mom's side of the family. Grandpa & David read & recited the Christmas story from Luke 2 before opening presents:

Translation of David's part, in case you have trouble understanding him:

For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Savior who is Jesus Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign to you: you will find the baby wrapped in cloth, lying in a manger. Then the sky filled with angels singing, "Glory to God in the highest. Peace on Earth. Good will towards men."

Aunt Sissy has been busy crocheting hats & scarves!

Christmas Day 2007!

Christmas Morning:

Christmas Morning at MawMaw's House:

Christmas Afternoon at Grana & Papa's House:

Then we came home for naps before heading out to Aunt Laurie's & Uncle James' house for the other side of Dad's family Christmas:

Christmas Date Night 2007

Friday night was our annual Christmas Date Night in the City! David spent the night at MawMaw's house & Elizabeth tagged along.

First, we ate at UNO Chicago-Style Pizzeria in Sundance Square. Very yummy! Then we went to see National Treasure: Book of Secrets at the Palace. We enjoyed the first one & this one, too! It was a very good, clean movie with an interesting plot. I recommend it! Elizabeth nursed as the movie started, then slept for the rest of the evening.

After the movie, we stopped by Starbucks in Montgomery Plaza & picked up some holiday flavored coffee for driving through the Christmas lights! I had white chocolate peppermint mocha. Dad took us through some well-lit neighborhoods he's seen during late night runs when he's on duty!

It was a wonderful evening... except that Dad forgot to order my coffee decaff... and here I sit blogging!!!

Wordless Wednesday: Cindy Lou Gets Mad

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Tiny Talk Tuesday

David helped finish the Christmas cookies for the neighbor's tins yesterday. Now Dad wants us to make a batch for him!

On with the Tiny Talk!

While sitting on the potty one day

Old McDonald had a farm

E-I-E-I-O

And on his farm he had a potty

E-I-E-I-O

With a flush, flush...

Old McDonald had a farm
E-I-E-I-O
And on his farm he had a fire truck
E-I-E-I-O
With a whoo-oooh, whoo-ooh...

Saturday morning at 7:30

David: Mom, get up!

Mom: Why?

David: Because I'm being up!

Play-doh Day

(Elizabeth's first Play-doh experience!)

For our Christmas Tiny Talk, we present a song:

AND, flash back to an August day for this rousing rendition of Jingle Bells:

Before going to MawMaw's house to play yesterday, we went by the little library in town & got some more Christmas books. So far, David's favorite book has been My First Christmas Magnetic Adventure. For more Tiny Talk, join us over at Not Before 7, where Mary is still hosting the Christmas Giveaway for all December Tiny Talk participants!

Elizabeth Discovers Crackers

MOPS & Another Christmas Book

Today was our MOPS Christmas Party! I took my camera, but then had such a good time that I forgot to take any pictures! You'll just have to trust me that we were cute - Elizabeth wore a snowman shirt, David wore his VeggieTales Merry Christmas shirt, and I wore a sparkly Christmas tree shirt. We were very festive!

There we are resting back at home after our exciting morning! I think we could have fit the other cats up there with us, too!

Today's Christmas book was My First Christmas (Magnetic Adventures). This book was so much fun! Several of the pages are magnetic with a background scene. The book comes with a whole nativity set of magnets to interact with as the story unfolds. David had so much fun putting the magnets on the pages as we read the story of Mary & Joseph travelling to Bethlehem, looking for a place to stay, Jesus' birth, the shepherds, and the wise men.

I found 2 drawbacks to this book: There's no angel magnet! and this set was made in China. So you'll just have to imagine the angels, or come up with your own - and make sure the pieces are kept away from little ones who might put the pieces in their mouths! There is also the standard warning that the pieces could be a choking hazard; not recommended for children under age 3. Aside from that, this interactive book got David's two thumbs up for keeping him engaged in the story!

After a week of sickness (both me and the kids), 2 prescriptions per kid, a box of cough drops for Mom, and a lot of hacking coughs & snotty noses, I think we're finally starting to get better. At least the kids are!


David perked up considerably to finish the Christmas Cookie Bake-a-thon today. We finished baking the chocolate chip cookies, mint reindeer patties, pumpkin pie tarts, and a full size pumpkin pie (which is in the freezer waiting for Christmas). We just have one batch of peanut butter cookies left to make to finish up our neighbors' cookie boxes.

We're going to try to read a Christmas book every day from now until Christmas. Today's book was The Animals' Christmas Eve (Little Golden Book). It's a really cute book where the animals are recounting the night Baby Jesus was born from the point of view of the animals in the stable that night. Also works in some counting. David enjoyed the book and asked for it again. I highly recommend this book for your little ones. It would make a great Christmas Eve gift, if your family does that.

Tiny Talk Tuesday

We watched Rudolph on TV last Tuesday night. At the end of the show, Santa is in the sleigh, flying in the sky with the elf dropping presents.
Mom: Do you see Santa?
David: Uh, huh. Santa is driving a skating helicopter.
Mom: That's called a sleigh.

I was watching The Lucy Show during lunch one day. Lucy was leading a boys choir in the 12 Days of Christmas. Later, David asked, "Can sing the 2 Turtles song?"

We sang the 12 Days of Christmas with Grandma & Grandpa Saturday night & David really enjoyed it, grown-ups bumbling over the words & all!

In the family bathroom at WM, David observed Elizabeth sitting in the basket part of the cart & started to get creative:
Once upon a time, Elizabeth was sitting in a basket...

David shows he's been paying attention to the little things we say. While playing one day this week, I heard him say, "Baby Jesus came to save the world."

Later in the week, he mixed it up a bit when he said, "Baby Jesus came to the North Place." (which is where we're going to be building our house - guess it's good to know Jesus has been there, too!)

David & Elizabeth have both been sick since Saturday night. Monday night we went to WM to get some more cough medicine & a vaporizer. On the way home, David started to spot & shout, "I see Christmas lights!"

Grandma commented that David sure has been talking a lot more lately. Seems like overnight they grow up. He's talking a lot more and hasn't had an accident in his underwear in several days!

Oh - he said something a few weeks ago that I forgot to document... Back up to Dad's graduation from fire academy & the bagpiper upsetting him so. Then on Thanksgiving Day, the commentators at the parade on TV were making reference to "The Big Guy" coming at the end of the parade.
David: The Big Guy is coming!
Mom: The Big Guy? Do you know who The Big Guy is?
David: Uh, huh! The Big Guy plays the bagpipes!

Finally, I never officially set out to teach him this verse, but I guess he picked it up in the many talks about obeying:

What will he think of next? See what more little ones have come up with this week at Not Before 7. If you haven't participated before, Mary's hosting a giveaway each week in December for Tiny Talk participants, why not join in?