Safety First

and child sized lawn furniture

Daddy was over at Sam's the other day, and came home with a Jaxon-sized picnic bench! Now he can't wait for you to have little friends come by for an actual picnic/playdate!

And So It Begins

We have started reading a few potty training/introduction books, and this you really like this one.

You get especially jubilant when the little boy in the story finally "tinkles and toots" in his potty and his parents join in his exuberance.

Your second favorite book is THIS one. You'll pick it up and say "Read Michael Potty book!! Read Michael Potty book!!"

And we bought you a Fisher Price froggy potty which was on rollback at Walmart for about $9.00.

So far, it's mainly "getting to know you" sessions with Mr. Froggy and plenty of encouragement and reminding you to let momma know if you were needing to use the potty for pee pee or poo poo.

I'm not sure if you are quite clear of the concept yet or not, because you would sit on the potty for a bit, and then I'd put your diaper on, and you would pee/poo right away in the diaper.

Today, you had your diaper off for a while, and suddenly looked at me and said, "Momma, poopoo diaper" ( which is what you say after you've peed when you have a diaper on ), and proceeded to pee on the rug. I immediately push the potty under you for you to sit on, and let you finish up in the potty. I hope something clicked when I made a whooped hurray and all like that, but you were a little nonchalant, although curious about the liquid in the potty.

*sigh* but no worries.

With a measure of patience, and some time, we'll get there :)

King for a Day

Or at least for the 7 minutes that you had your "crown" on for.

Adventures at McD with Grandad

I can't remember when we started having lunch on Saturdays at McD with Grandad - perhaps a year ago?

We never get you any of the kids' meals as you always share my grilled chicken sandwich and like that. So, sometimes you go to the display where they have the "Toy of the Month" or whatever they are promoting at the moment, and stand there looking at all these strange or interesting looking things.

Anyway, their current promotion is the Smurfs, and their recently released movie.

One of the cashiers whom you have obviously charmed, and who likes to tease and call out to you whenever we are there, decided she would just GIFT you a Smurf toy.


And Lo and Behold, SPIDER SMURF was born....

A "Before I forget" Post

Something's changed in the way you act when you are having your bottom cleaned during a diaper change.

Used to, you would just lay there and let me go about the diaper changing process. Nowadays, once I've done the first wipe, you would turn over and lay on your left side, as if to show that you didn't really appreciate laying your bottom on cold wet icky wipes or something. :)


Which is fine by me, because that means I don't have to keep holding your ankles and lifting your bottom up. That may have been a piece of cake when you were littler, but now that you are heavier, stronger and sometimes "wriggle"ier, this new on your left side position may actually be a lot better.

Until you are potty trained, that is.

Which is in fact, the subject of another post.... coming real soon. :P

Imagination Station

We got you the Krinkle Blocks a few months back, and it has been pretty interesting to watch the evolution of the way you play with them.

At first, you would just make ME make stuff for you, but slowly but surely, you started putting them together yourself, experimenting with the different ways you could do it,

and a few days ago, I step into the playroom/study, and you look up and say, "Mama, Xylophone! ( except it sounded like "Shyfoon", and proceeded to bang on your krinkle-block xylophone that you had made.

Ah, a proud mama am I :)

I'm a Red Hatted Texan

Your little red cowboy hat is getting a little small for you now, but let's have fun with it while we can!





You usually like to play with your hat for a few minutes, and going, "Look Mama, Cowboy!".





"Howdy, Maam!"




But being a boy who is not quite 2 1/2 yet, you are quickly distracted by something else.





Poor little red cowboy hat :)

Ode to "The Dance of Joy"

Your momma, me, grew up watching this sitcom on tv, and loving it!

Sweet Dreams, Little One

My dearest little boy,

tonight you woke up at about 11 pm, crying and crying because your nose was all stopped up. You were terribly sleepy and tired, but couldn't fall back asleep because of the stuffy nose :(. I held you for a little bit and tried to get you to sleep propped up. You protested at first, partly because you were kind of delirious from sleepiness and cried some more, but after a while, let me prop you up a little bit on the pillow and managed to go back to sleep.

My poor little baby. I pray that you sleep well tonight and wake up refreshed.

Here's a photo from last night when you fell asleep with Scout and your little twisty toy from Cracker Barrel.

A Boy, His Aunt, and

Some Rocking Chairs....

Your "Three Bears" book has little Goldilocks breaking Baby Bear's rocker, and so it was quite the thrill for you to be on a baby sized rocker at Cracker Barrel.

Posture-pedic part 3

This one was discovered by your daddy

Posture-pedic part 2

I went in to check on you after I thought you had fallen asleep for your nap and this is the scene that greets me.

And yes, that"s the baby monitor that we still use.

Posture-pedic part 1

Sometimes this is what happens when I leave the room for you to fall asleep by yourself, and you aren't too happy about it.

This hair is NOT the result of Static

I had gotten you some magnetic alphabet thingies a while ago, but because of your penchant for putting things ( that will fit ) through the vent in the floor, I put that away for safe keeping until I thought you could be trusted a little bit more.

Well, I had to get it out the other day as emergency measures to try and stop a crying wailing post nap fit.

You played nice and was thoroughly fascinated with them for a few days, arranging them, first on a magnetic white board, then a small cookie sheet.

Then one day you come to me and say "M missing". I follow you to the room, and you point to the vent. And there are only about 8 letters left un"vented".

*sigh*

Gangsta

I recently cleared out the living room a little, and made it just a little more toddler friendly. Before this, we had always put the child gate up, but now you have semi free rein of the "region". So, these days, you have been watching your early morning PBS and Nick Jr. shows in your little rocker right there in the living room, sipping on your milk and snacking on your cheerios.

Anyway, one day you went over to your daddy's chair, grabbed his cap and started parading it around. :)