Ole!

For our friend Ty's birthday, we went to Monterrey Mexican restaurant, where they brought this huge sombrero on Ty's head and sang "Happy Birthday." Isaac was mesmerized by this hat (and the song, too), so Ty and Sara Beth (his sister) put it on his head! He loved it!!

(These were taken with my cellphone camera, so they're not great...sorry!)

A visit to Cam's house

We went to visit Cam and his parents in Mt. Airy. What a fun day!

The boys and their football game...

Here's to many more football games together!

Always busy doing something

Cupcakes with chocolate icing - he has such a sweet tooth!

Get it all, baby!

SNOW!!

It wasn't quite a "White Christmas," but Isaac sure enjoyed playing in the snow!

See the cardinal in the tree? As Isaac would say, "Preeeee-ty!"

(This one is a video)

Little A-Rod!!

Isaac got a baseball and bat for Christmas - watching him practice was quite entertaining!



After a while (and a few pointers from Dad), he got pretty good!

"Christmas" in Virginia

Isaac's look of long-suffering at Mom's incessant picture-taking

Hi, MamMaw Mac - what did you get for Christmas?

A new rocking horse ("horsey")

He can also ride the horsey - (it has wheels, too)

Isaac has his own vacuum now - it sings to him while he "cleans."

Baby's first tee-ball (Dad was very excited about this present!)

Look at that form!

You know what they say about the box being more fun and exciting than the actual toy? Isaac played with this box all day...

Hands-on Museum in Johnson City, TN

After "Christmas morning", we went to the Hands-On Museum in Johnson City. Isaac had a great time with Grandma, Grandpa, Mom and Dad.

The very first exhibit was a very tall treehouse - Isaac climbed right up!

Such a big boy!

This one was his favorite - first, you take a golf ball and throw it in the huge funnel...

...Then the golf ball would circle around and around until it fell out of sight. We came back to this one several times!

Flying an airplane...

...or not.

This was the dinosaur exhibit. Isaac was very brave until the life-sized T-Rex started roaring at him...

...fortunately, Grandpa came to the rescue!

"Digging" for "fossils"

There were lots of buttons on this display - they made the robot-dinosaur move around and roar...Isaac liked this part!

This is probably what Beethoven looked like as a toddler...

Isaac got to pet an iguana.

Whew. Lots of fun, but we're exhausted!

Fun with friends!

Here are some cute pics from the latest visits with friends...

In TX with E - the dtr of Mom's seminary roommate
Climbing, squirming, exploring - so much to do and so little time...

Hmm, this box looks interesting. Perhaps we could pull it off the wall. Let's try.

At the Greensboro Children's Museum with D, a friend from churchIsaac and D on the racetrack - Isaac could only go make his car backward, but they had fun chasing each other!

We buried their feet in the sand - Isaac liked it, but D wasn't real sure about it!

Fun at home!

Isaac got lots of new toys for Christmas - here are some pics of him enjoying those toys!

Starbucks - thanks to a giftcard from MamMa and PapPa Parish
(Actually, this cup is empty, but he really enjoyed playing with it!)

Trains, trains, trains

Water-colors at his little craft table (thank you, Santa and Ikea!)

finger-painting?

Who needs a brush? Just use your fingers...

Isaac's first pony ride

In TX, the church down the street from Grammie's house had a Christmas event with a petting zoo, carolers, and a live nativity. This is Isaac riding a pony - he was very brave!

Bumper cars on Christmas Day

Here is a brief video of the remote control bumper cars that everyone just loved
(all the kids - "from 1 to 92...")

Christmas Day

Christmas Day started at Grammie's, and then we went to MamMa and PapPa Parish's house for more festivities.

Surprise - Merry Christmas!

Isaac's new laptop

Aunt Steph brought Isaac a new "Charly" bear from FAO Schwartz in NYC- he LOVED it!

Opening stockings at MamMa and PapPa Parish's house

Giving Mom kisses

These remote control bumper cars were a big hit!
(Dylan, Isaac's second cousin, on the left, was undefeated - his dad, Chuck, across the table, was a close second)

Aunt Jess, Aunt Steph, and Mom

With Uncle Chip (Grammie's brother)

Giving Aunt Stephanie kisses!

Aunt Jess has all the best crackers - so nice of her to share!