More presents

Here are a couple of pics of the boys playing with their new Christmas toys from Aunt Helen! Jacob loves listening to his music player. I wish I could get some good video of him dancing to it! His favorite song is "Old MacDonald." Micah is really into the Tag books and spent 20 minutes "reading" his new ones. And Mommy and Daddy enjoyed a few minutes of rest while the boys entertained themselves.
Both boys are very interested in all things "computer-y". Whether it's the starfall.com website that Micah's teacher uses at school for reading and math lessons or games on the Kindle and iPad, they would do that stuff all day if we let them. We're trying to figure out a good way to limit screen time while still allowing them to do the things they enjoy. Right now, we just try to balance some time with the screens with time doing physical things...basketball hoop, couch jumping (an Olympic sport at our house) or just playing with games/toys of the non-electronic variety. We get outside when we can because they both love that. Gone are the days when parents can let their kids run around the neighborhood like we did when we were kids. They have to be supervised closely, so sometimes it's difficult to do that as much as we would like. As you can see in this picture, Jacob's favorite non-screen activity is still spending time chewing his fingers :-)