The weekend before Christmas, Kevin’s parents had some business in Seattle. This means we got to have another weekend visit from them. Kevin had been in training all week and had his test on Friday for his PMP. So Friday night, Jameson and I had quality time with Grandpa. (His mom and sister had one last business meeting that night.) We went to the downtown Seattle mall where they have a “snowfall” every night. It wasn’t near as fun as Bellevue’s. They played music and had the bubbles fall, but they also had Nutcracker characters passing out pins. Jameson was not a fan, and neither was I. But they did have statues all over that Jameson loved to look at.

 

We spent Saturday shopping, all of us getting spoiled, and then said goodbye Sunday before church. Jameson also received an early Christmas present from his Grammy; an itouch. Ok, some people may think it’s crazy to give a 2 year old an itouch, but it’s a lifesaver. Everytime Kevin’s parent’s are around, Jameson asks for Grammy’s iphone. She has some toddler apps he loves to play. We were looking at the Leapfrog, but it’s more of a controller, and I’m not sure Jameson would understand to push buttons. The touch screen is so much more effective with him. We’ve downloaded lots of toddler apps which include puzzles, matching, picture recognition, and so on. He loves it. We go shopping now, and I let him play with it. He never complains, and works on his puzzles the whole time. He knows how to turn it on, unlock it, scroll through the apps, pick the ones he wants, and even scroll through the puzzles he wants. We also downloaded a few short movies on there for our trip. He was fine our entire 13 hour drive (one way). We just charged it while he took his nap. You may think we’re crazy, but I highly recommend the itouch over any leapster for younger children.

P.S. Kevin passed his test and is now a certified PMP! Great job, hun!