James' Sweet Tooth

James is a bit of a health nut, he's always been that way. During the summer, he'll sit in the garden and eat his little heart out. For dessert, he loves green beans or grapes. He turns down cookies, cake, candy and chocolate whenever they're offered. I was fairly certain there was nothing sweet that he liked, until...

Apparently, James loves ice cream! He'll only eat it out of a cone. I probably shouldn't get such a kick out of him liking junk food but this is the first time I've seen him finish a sweet. It was pretty cute!

The Giant Buffalo

Before Jarrett bought the new map, the kids and I were tracking our progress on this little map that we bought from scholostic last year.

Once I showed the the kids this map, James was SO excited about the Grand Canyon. When will we be there? Can we go faster? I can't wait.

As we got closer though, he got a little nervous. Do I have to go? Is it dangerous? I did my best to reassure him that it would be okay.

As we got closer still, the questions got a little weirder. What if I get squished? What if it smashes me? I was getting pretty confused until the next question. What if the giant buffalo steps on me?

What giant buffalo?!

Aha! Totally makes sense. We had a long talk about maps and symbols and he feels much better now!