Findlay, Ohio

Yesterday, James and I went to the Findlay Ward Conference.  Jon was on call, so I got to wrestle James through an hour and a half of sacrament meeting in another ward.  Luckily, James went to nursery and seemed to really enjoy it.  Everything else seemed to go smoothly.  James even slept all the way home and for a few hours after we got home.

Ding, Dong!

Nope not the door bell. 

James tried his first Ding Dong while at Grandma Felt's.  At first, he thought it was thought the were great, but when he got to the cream center, he would not eat another bite. 

I guess it is not all bad that he has decided he does not like Ding Dongs.

Water! Water!

I love to splash in it!

James loves water!  He loves his bath.  He loves to swim.  He love running through the sprinkler.  If there is even the smallest puddle, he will be in it.  Here are some pictures of James enjoying the water while we were visiting family.

I will also post some videos of James "swimming," which will show up after this post.

Siegfried's

One of our favorite restaurants in Salt Lake is Siegfried's Delicatessen.  Their Wienerschnitzel and Spaetzle is so good.  I dream about it!  So we took Jon's parents out to dinner while we were in Utah.  James enjoyed the Spaetzle, too, when he tried it.  He mostly ate pretzels and dried cherries since I fed him dinner before we left. 

He also enjoyed playing with my straw and cup. 

Gotta love the wooden high chair with the picture of the Alps on it.

"Speed. I am Speed."

James has really been into playing with cars since our trip.  Here are some of the pictures I took of him enjoying the cars at his grandparents house.

One of these things is not like the other. 

Sorry this picture is blurry, but it was really fun to see all these little cars lined up with the big Mustang.

Tomatoes

James discovered tomatoes while we were at Grandma Felt's house.  I gave him one and he just shoved it in his mouth.  When he took a bite he spit it out and threw up a little.  He does not like them.  He still tried them a few other times just to make sure.  He did, however, love to pick them off the plant.  Then he would throw them on the ground.  Here he is picking tomatoes.

Bowling Green, OH

Sunday, we were in Bowling Green Ward.  Jon and President Davis, the Stake YM President, visited the YM there.  I tried to visit the YW, but James would not go to nursery until the last 20 minutes.  Then after church, the Stake YM Presidency had a Presidency Meeting and training of the new counselor.

James enjoyed running around in the Mother's Lounge.  I was trying to feed him lunch, but he was too busy.  I ended up eating most of it, because I was really hungry.  Then James and I moved into the RS room which was right across the hall from where Jon's meeting was.  There was more room to move there and a piano to play.

The members in the BG Ward were really nice and more than one invited us to come back next week.  We had to explain that we were visiting from the stake and we were members of the Toledo 1st Ward (hopefully we will be able to attend our own ward on the 24th after about 2 and a half months of not being able to do so).

I Wear My Sunglasses at Night...

James found Grandma Felt's sunglasses. 

He loved to wear them.

Helping in the Kitchen

James loves to be in the kitchen when I am making dinner.  At our place, I have the kitchen blocked off because he likes to get in the dishwasher and the oven, but at Grandma's house the kitchen is open to "help" with the cooking.  Here are some pictures of James helping in the kitchen.

Trampoline

James discovered the trampoline at my parents' house.  He and Aaron jumped on it every night before bed.  We had to keep the older boys off because they jumped too high.  James and Aaron had lots of fun "jumping."  James mostly just ran around, but it would ware him out enough that he would go to sleep.  Here is a video of them on the trampoline. 

Sorry for the mosquito on the lens at the end.

James and Aaron

James had lots of fun playing with his cousin Aaron.  I think Aaron had fun too, until James started throwing cans of food at his feet, but in all fairness, James got his own feet too.  Here are James and Aaron emptying my mom's lid drawer. 

Aaron would always smile for me when I took his picture. 

James looks a little guilty here.