Thursday, December 31, 2009

Christmas in Nampa 2009

The holidays are over, the decorations are put away, and we are getting back into our routines. Now I finally have time to write this blog. This year we went to Idaho for Christmas. Since the whole family was unable to get together all at the same time, our Christmas celebration was spread over several days in a row. We arrived in Idaho on Tuesday Dec. 22nd safely thanks to our Forester. We hit snow just outside of Utah, and the Forester handled it well! We weren't sure what toys Cooper was going to want to play with while in Nampa so we brought a laundry basket full. It turns out that our choice of toys didn't really matter, because instead of playing with his toys, this is how Cooper was entertained.


Grammy and grandpa found this laundry basket that had wheels and just had to get it for Cooper to play with (in).


As you can see, Cooper couldn't play with the basket all by himself. The basket stayed in Nampa when we left.


Cooper's other favorite "toys" were playing with the three remote controls that grammy and grandpa had in their TV room. Cooper watches minimal TV at home, but he knew exactly what to do with the remotes. He would point them at the TV, turn it on and off, and change the stations.

As for the actual toys we brought with us from home... most of them grew dusty over the week.

Cooper wasn't quite sure what to think about opening presents. In this video grammy pokes a hole in the wrapping paper and Cooper tries to put the paper back together.




Cooper has a fascination with buttons. He loves to push anything we will let him. This is a microwave box that has a picture on the outside and Cooper went right for the buttons on the picture. Funny kid!


Helping mommy open a present. He's so thoughtful like that.


Paul's sister April and her husband Zach.



Cooper enjoys riding his turtle. He's not quite tall enough to bounce on it yet.



Aww! The boys are so cute!

What a wonderful holiday we had in Nampa, thanks to our family!


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