Spent the whole time avoiding eye contact

Spent the whole time avoiding eye contact, a photo by sld78 on Flickr.

But he did tell Santa that he was 2 and that he wanted "presents"

But while waiting in line, he told us he wanted balls and a fire truck. then he named all the reindeer.

But for Santa, he was near mute. But he did run up and sit on his lap promptly.

A few curiosities

• I literally have 2 diapers in my car.  We are going to have to risk it one of these overnights...
• Bobby had a night terror the other night.  I think it was b/c he didn't nap that day.  It pretty much sucked. He was wailing then would just flop back asleep, then wail again.  He was oblivious to me and didn't talk to me.  It didn't last long thankfully.
• Bobby has been talking about ghosts and monsters and such.  they hide under his bed, in his closet, are coming to get him and stuff like that.  he hides from them, and says 'protect me'.  not sure where this all came from.
• luckily, his defense to that, and a lot of other things is to shoot them with imaginary water. full of sound effects.  i think that came from a combination of playing with a toy gun and seeing a lot of firehoses.  
• he is also into wrestling and pushing me around.  i think i can attribute (not blame) that to his cousins.  And being a 2 year old boy.  

We are getting into Christmas.  I wasn't going to play it up b/c it just creates more hassle for the move, but I have a two year old, so sort of have to.  And Rick is into it too, so it's on.  My decoration stash is still paltry, but I can bake and craft with the best of them.

I am ridiculously proud of my advent calendar everytime I look at it.  Way more than last year for some reason.

We did Toys R Us and Michaels today. God help us, but there were good sales (that everyone knew about).  But Bobby really was a trooper (Rick too) and seemed to enjoy shopping a bit (in a toy store - you think?) Unfortunately, this was him during tree shopping...

But he did like the toy guitar, and the mini piano a lot at the store.  And naturally all cars and trucks, but we had to squash that quick.

Just wait until we get our inflatables blown up!  Now how to explain to him that we only pull one link off the chain a day, and only put up one ornament...

Wish lists continued

Bobby
- a starter lego set
- Cars 2 from Vietnam
- slippers he will actually wear
- Etch a Sketch

Me
- running sunglasses to replace the ones Bobby broke
- camera to replace the one Bobby broke (I did actually return it to Costco within 90 days, but I haven't replaced it b/c I didn't like their options)