MacNair House

Visit Grandpa MacNair

This past weekend Tim's dad was able to travel to Utah for business. We were able to spend some time together while he was here. Ian's birthday is coming up on Saturday and he is very excited. He has been reminded us many times and finally got down holding up two fingers to show how old he is. He still loves reading books...Rumble in the Jungle is one of his favorites.
When Grandpa arrived he asked where a Toys R'Us was. I responded we did not have one. Then he asked where he could find Ian a power wheels car...the look on my face must have said it all because his dad responded as such, "When I was 18 months I got my first power car, when Tim was 18 months he got his first power car, and now Ian needs one." So later that night after dinner we all headed into town to good ole "Wally World." Tim was all for the idea and encouraged it, I was just seeing him driving down the hill in front of our house and having it ending badly. But once Ian sat in the "big truck" you could see his face light up with excitement and that he would definitely have a lot of fun.

That night we brought it home in the box and Tim's brother and wife Amy arrived for the weekend. The other children in the house (aka Tim and Jimmer) were very excited to set it up. This meant it was going to be a late night for Ian as well. Like he was going to go to bed with them setting up his gator. As you can see Ian enjoyed helping put it together too!p.s. Love the middle picture -notice the tongue. This is what Ian does when he is in deep concentration.

Given that it was nearly 11 pm we would not be taking it outside. We told Ian in the morning he could drive the "big truck." At 7:00 am Ian came running into our bedroom saying, "Big truck, drive big truck." We headed downstairs and everyone was awake at this point, mostly because Ian was jumping for joy, and we all headed outside.

Much to my surprise he can drive it really well. He is still getting the steering down but definitely understands that holding down the peddle makes you "go fast."

Lucky me- I can actually ride in the gator with him. It is a little tight with the seat pushed forward, but he thinks it is fun to drive me around and I don't mind it either.

After a long and thankfully sunny day of playing that night we opened more birthday presents. Ian is loving cars and airplanes and was very excited to open this airplane from Grandma and Grandpa MacNair.

Grandma was even able to join us while opening presents via skype. Ian enjoyed playing peek-a-boo with her as well.
The boots
Before opening this present Tim's mom apologized...then I saw that they were boots and wondered what the big deal was. She mentioned that Tim had a pair of boots exactly like these and would wear them everyday whether rain or shine. I did not think much of it but sure enough all he wants to wear are the monkey boots. It doesn't help that he thinks they are curious george boots, so he loves them even more. Whether in pj's, shorts, pants, or church clothes he wants to wear the boots. Somehow they have managed to be left in Tim's car for a few days and that wasn't even my doing :)

We all had a great time together and as always Ian loves the attention. Thanks for making time to visit and the wonderful birthday gifts. Although given the weather here in Utah (it has been raining all week) Ian has been playing in the box more than the actual car. Maybe we should just get him more boxes for his birthday :)