But wait! There's More!

I would be remiss if I didn't mention all of these great gifts that James has been playing with every day since Christmas.

From Aunt Cathy - a rocket launcher! This is a favorite, not only with James but Daddy and the entire courtyard of adult neighbors. It's pretty fun to watch them come out of their homes one by one to see how high they can make it go.

From neighbor Karen: a blinking Rudolph nose. It took three days for us to get James to put this on his face and then it took us three hours to get him to take it off.

From neighbors Peter & Pilar: a genuine German gingerbread house. We had this thing assembled no less than 10 minutes after Pilar brought it over. Please note that James took one bite out of every cookie before he put it on the house and he's obviously quite proud of his work.

And this.... THIS! My brother, sister-in-law and nephews all made this together. THEY MADE A PUZZLE. It's designed, painted and carved all by them. I'm sure my sister-in-law Natalie even grew the tree that the wood was cut from. It's various airplanes (some more superior than others) ; ) with clouds and scenery and the whole bit. I mean, THEY MADE IT.

Amazing.