Santa visits and Finnian's first "solid" food

Tis the season for Santa visiting and Aurora got things started last Saturday with a visit to our local San Carlos Santa. On this day Aurora was hoping for lots of princess things and lots of kitty things.



This evening we went to the local fire station to visit another Santa. Finnian got to meet the man in red too.



The firefighters let Aurora try out the fire engine (being a firefighter is one of her favorite role playing games).



These firefighters really went way out and rolled out the snowy carpet for Santa. We got to see snow in San Carlos tonight!



Here's a photo from a couple of days ago... Sometimes a boy just gets too tired after playing and needs a little nap. Finnian had been quite fussy, tossing most of his toys, we tried the pacifier (partially successful) but as soon as we gave him his giraffe he just put his arm around it and fell asleep.



Finnian has been staring intently at us as we eat for the past few days. Tonight at dinner he was sitting in his swing and near the end of dinner starting making a lot of noise. It was pretty clear that he wanted to try what we having! I made him a little bit of baby oatmeal cereal and after one little cough he just ate it all up! Of course I didn't give him very much but he ate everything I made and would have kept going I think. I got a lot of smiles and when I went to refill the spoon he would lean himself forward and make little noises. I think it is safe to say that he likes it!



Tomorrow night we head for Minnesota. Happy Holidays everyone!