This week's story falls under the category of "what was I thinking?" It started on Monday. Jonathan and I needed to get out of the house, so I decided to take Jonathan for a walk. The problem was that Mac learned that since he is small, all he had to do is dig a little around our chain link gate and he could wiggle out. I knew that if I left Mac behind, he would eventually come and join us. So, I put Jonathan in the stroller and put a leash on Mac. I didn't stop to think that I'd be training two things: a boy and a dog, because of course, Jonathan wanted to hold the leash. It was kind-of a fiasco, but Jonathan thought it was the best thing ever and laughed out loud the whole way down the street!
The second story of "what was I thinking?" happened on Tuesday. Jonathan had a stomachache so I decided to give him some ginger ale mixed in his juice. Before I gave it to him, I decided to try to get some of the carbonation out since Jonathan hasn't had much soda before. So I just put the lid on the sippy cup and shook it up for a bit. Well, pretty soon I had soda shooting out of the cup! And it didn't just shoot out, it shot out and stopped and shot out and stopped about four times! Obviously, I had failed to think about how the seal on the sippy cup would work with soda. The funny thing is that Jonathan must have shook up the cup at one point because he had soda on his head and in his hair and on the back of the chair! Needless to say, the next time I used a spoon to stir up the soda--I didn't shake the cup!
We took photos of ourselves to send out with our Christmas letter by using the self-timer on the camera. We started with some photos outside in front of a fence in our yard and then tried some in our house. We ended up choosing the photo above, but we got a real laugh from some of the other photos we ended up with! How does a two-year-old boy know how to make faces for the camera? It must be something they come with!
This week's story falls under the category of "what was I thinking?" It started on Monday. Jonathan and I needed to get out of the house, so I decided to take Jonathan for a walk. The problem was that Mac learned that since he is small, all he had to do is dig a little around our chain link gate and he could wiggle out. I knew that if I left Mac behind, he would eventually come and join us. So, I put Jonathan in the stroller and put a leash on Mac. I didn't stop to think that I'd be training two things: a boy and a dog, because of course, Jonathan wanted to hold the leash. It was kind-of a fiasco, but Jonathan thought it was the best thing ever and laughed out loud the whole way down the street! 
Chris and I decided that Jonathan should help us decorate the Christmas tree this year. I don't know what we were thinking! We let Jonathan hang up some bells on the tree, which was fine, but then we got to the other decorations. Jonathan really liked the candy canes that were made from pipe cleaners and pony beads and started carrying one around with him. And then...............he disappeared. When Jonny came back, he had a funny look on his face. Upon closer inspection, I noticed that he had taken a bead off of the candy cane and stuffed it UP HIS NOSE!!! Luckily, it hadn't gone too far so I squeezed his nose and it popped out! Ahh, two-year-olds!
Jonathan found the hard hat in his daddy's pickup the other day and wanted to play with it. Chris let him but then Jonny ended up leaving it outside. He found it again and came into the house wearing it. It looked so funny that I just had to snap a photo! (And yes, that's a squirt gun that Jonny is playing with in December!)
When I made popcorn balls last week, Jonathan watched me set these two bowls of popcorn on the table. He climbed right up in his chair, delighted that I had put that popcorn there just for him! He even ate a whole bunch of the dry stuff!
This is how Jonny helped Chris carry in the Christmas ornaments!