This weekend we enjoyed a belated Christmas visit from Grammy & Grandpa Anderson. The kids opened another round of gifts and had a great time playing with their new toys. Harper got a new tutu, lots of great puzzles and a very cool building set, which she has been using to make “pyramids” for the past few days (that is, if Daddy will share it with her!), and Roman got new choo-choos. They were actually gifts to both kids, but Roman quickly monopolized them and has been totally obsessed with his “hoo-hoos” for the past 3 days. As soon as he wakes up from naps or bedtime he immediately says “mama, dada, hooooo-hoooos!” in a desperate voice. He then acts totally surprised and excited when he comes downstairs and, voila, there are the hoo-hoos!"

He has been so obsessed with them that today I took the kids to AC Moore to buy some “girl hoo-hoos” for Harper so that she can play with them without inciting a riot. Side-note – Thomas trains are 40% off this week at AC Moore, for anyone interested. Roman literally carries 4 or 5 of them around at a time and has a total fit if Harper tries to touch them. We are trying to make him share, but honestly it’s just easier to buy her a few of her own! So far he understands that the purple ones are “Harper’s hoo-hoos” and he has managed to stay away from them. Harper is also excellent about sharing with him and doesn’t fuss too much, but I’m trying to teach him a lesson!

Today after lunch he lined up all of the hoo-hoos in the window sill. It’s unseasonably warm today and we have all of the windows open, and I guess it was the perfect spot for hoo-hoos.