Boys of Summer

JD and his friend Lincoln played a little baseball today. I had to laugh when Lincoln told JD to "aim for the bat." Neither of them is ready for the big leagues.

JD and Santa

We actually visited Santa quite awhile ago but I just now got around to scanning the picture to put online. JD was much less scared of Santa this year. ALSO, dad told him if he didn't talk to Santa he wouldn't get any presents.

Day Full of Fun

We went to the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar to see the Biscuit Brothers. This was JD's favorite vendor. He created these really interesting monsters. Everything at the Bazaar is pricey but we enjoyed looking.

Next, it was off to Gatti Town. JD loved this motion ride and. . .

. . . these bumper cars. He was been waiting and waiting to be tall enough to ride. Today he was. Man were they fun!!!!!

Day Two . . .

and the fun continues.
JD played with my camera this morning and took this picture of himself.

AHHHHH - I love Texas in December. It is finally cool enough to go to the playground without having heat stroke.

On the First Day of Christmas Break . . .

JD and I finished our Christmas shopping.
These trees at Nordstrom are the prettiest in the mall. Don't get too excited if you are on our Christmas list your gift didn't come from Nordstrom. I like to park at that end of the mall to go in and look at shoes as I go by. When George drives we park at the Sears end and look at tools. George wasn't with us today so Nordstrom it was.

JD sang with the Primary children at the Ward Christmas party. It was a good beginning to our break.

JD's New Pet

A friend has asked us to fish sit over the Christmas break. JD was too happy to take on the task. He woke up at 5:45 this morning and hopped out of bed to feed the fish. He forgot to feed the dog last night --- but that fish got it's food. JD says he loves the fish and wonders if we can put a lid on it and take it on vacation with us.

JD Loves Science

In his after school Voyager class JD has been learning about animals. Last week they talked about anacondas and then each child made several segments that were taped together so they could see how long the snake was. YIKES - I hope I never see one of these guys.

Today was science day at the Texas History Museum. JD and dad made a space ship. The goal was to have a ship that the astronaut (aka cotton ball) didn't fall out of.

Astronaut food didn't look very yummy.

As we were leaving JD wanted his picture taken by the "lonely" star. I know we have lots of pictures like this, but how can you turn down a picture request like that?