Fish Food

A short little funny. While eating pizza my little guy likes to play with the shakers on the tables. At a pizza joint there are lots of shakers on the table. He starts with the cheese, then pepper flakes, moves on to salt and pepper. He fills up a whole plate with pepper then looks at it and says "I need feed the fishies with my fish food." I guess it all looked like the fish food they have at school.

Group Hug

This morning we were all having a lazy day laying in bed. My son rolled over and said "Mommy I need hug and kiss! after he got a hug and kiss from me he rolled over to Daddy and got a hug and kiss from him. He went back and forth doing this for several minutes then decided we should all have a big group hug. It is moments like that you get the warm fuzzies!

Baseball Game

On Tuesday we all went to watch the Astros host Rangers at Minute Maid park. It was a great game in which the Astros won. We got there early to get a free Silver Boot shirt. I believe they were worth the wait in the long line in the sun. About 10-15 min before the gates were to open my little guy looks up at me and says "Mommy I go poo poo!" I don't know what to do. We are half-way back in a long line waiting to get in. There are no bathrooms outside the park and I am sure they will not let us in. So I do the only thing I can think of.... I ask him to hold it. He agrees and I pray. I held him for most of the rest of the time outside so that he wouldn't run around and stir anything up..lol. We made it! He held it just fine. We went straight to potty. Then I left him hanging out with the crew (Mr. Bryan, Ms. Jodie, Landon, Mr. Danny & Miss Nicole)so that I could go grab us something to eat. We shared chicken strips and french fries. He actually ate more than I thought he would. Before the game even started he asked if we could go home. I was worried that this was a sign of a really long night. Right about the time the game got under way. Daddy showed up. The game was good. Son was squirmy. Food was good. Landon and Maddox had a great time. Son slept all night in his own bed, he was so tired afterwards. Yeah!!

Vacation, Swim Lessons, Kung Foo, Sleep, Etc.

This past weekend we had a family vacation to San Antonio. It was a great trip and Maddox had a blast. The first day we were there we went to Sea World. The killer whales, skiiers, sharks and feeding the dolphins were all real big hits. Just want to say a special thanks to the Rhodes clan for lending us their wagon. It came in super handy during nap time at Sea World.



The next day we went to the Children's Museum. He had a blast. He ran around playing with everything.(Planes, trains, tractors, bubbles, cows) You name it they had it. The rest of the weekend he wanted to go back and play.


We went to lunch at the Buckhorn. It is a cool place with lots to see. We wanted to take the tour of the whole place but the little guy was running on fumes and fell asleep during lunch.



Later that evening went to the Riverwalk for dinner. He loved watching the boats go by but we never got a chance to take a trip on one, A) it was never close B) by the point in the day it would be good to do it. He was not on his best behavior. So no fun boat rides for him.


On Saturday we spent some time at the Wax museum and at Ripley's. He was a little scared of some of the wax people. Especially the Joker from Batman. Overall I think he enjoyed checking out all of the wax people and the interesting stuff at Ripley's.



We had lunch at Landry's after getting a coupon for a free desert/appetizer. It was good. The highlight of this part of the adventure was that my lovely son went to the bathroom 5 times during lunch. Can you believe he actually pottied each time. Trip #1his dad brought him and he peed. As soon as they got back to the table and sat down. You hear " I go potty!" Trip #2 He has to go poo poo. I am not joking on this one. As soon as they get back to the table and sit down again. "I go potty!" Trip #3 Mommy brings him to potty. He poo poos again on the potty. We return to the table. We actually sit for a little bit. Then once again "I go potty!" Trip #4 Mommy takes him again and he peed in the potty. You would think he had nothing left at this point. One final time before we leave the restaurant Trip #5 He went again. Wow and I would like to point out that not one of those trips involved a half attempt. You would swear he hadn't been yet that day. The rest of the afternoon he napped and he spent the evening hanging out with Granny.

Highlights of recent things. Over the last week...some on the trip some before.
Maddox has decided it is time to pee in the potty standing. He actually thinks it is a fun game. So far so good. He has pretty good aim and he is still letting us know when he has to go #2.

He has slept through the night in his own bed 2 times this past week. For many of you this will come as a shock. My son still wakes up in the middle of the night and usually at about 3-4am he will come in our room and climb in what he calls Daddy bed.

Kung Foo... Since a little before Kung Foo Panda and especially after he has been doing karate moves. I guess one of the other little boys in his class introduced him to it and KFP reinforced it. He does the cutest little punching kicking routine. I will have to post the video when I get a chance. We have also had to collect the action figures from McDonald's happy meals lately too. We are only missing a couple. lol
We have officially finished swim lessons. Atleast for now. I plan on trying to bring him to the pool as often as I can to work on what he has already learned. Wish me luck.

Food Lingo

Maddox has certain lingo for different restaurants. If we ask him what he wants for dinner and he says "I want bread and ice cream", that means he wants to go to Ryan's. If he says "I want chips and cheese", that means he wants Don Julio's Mexican food or any other Mexican food where he can get chips and queso. If he says "I want juice", that means he wants Sonic. If he says "I want to see clown", that means he wants to go play/eat at McDonald's. If he says "I want dinner!", that could be any meal. It just means he is hungry. Also his newest thing is that he says "Mommy I need (fill in the blank) grow bigger stronger!" His goal is to be bigger/stronger than daddy or Superman/Batman.

That was close!

Yesterday evening we were went to drop off my old car at the mechanic.On the way there Maddox was in the booster seat by the window cause it was still in the car from the weekend. So he has a different perspective of the road than he usually does. We were in the turn lane about to go over the Calder overpass and there were about 6 cars waiting to turn or go straight and he says "Mommy watch out for cars!" So the light turns green and we make our turn and I hear from the backseat "Whoa That Was Close!" I busted out laughing cause in order to hit those cars I would have had to turn the steering wheel very sharply and then run over a median to get them.

Patience I Didn't Know He Had

Last night a couple of friends came over with their little one. He just turned a year old and is barely walking. His joy of the evening was trying to play with my son. At one point he took great pleasure in grabbing and pulling his hair. My son is 3 times this little ones size so I expected the worse. He only looked at me and said "Mommy he pulling my hair hard!" I was so surprised he didn't retaliate at all no matter what the little one did to him. At one point he was even letting the little one chase him around the living room. I was a little worried cause lately my son can be a little rough. He is sweet and very empathetic but all BOY. So you never know what you might get.

The Boys

The boys have been hanging out lately and here are a few good shots. The other night they were at the house watching TV. Friday afternoon they got treated to Kung Fu Panda and some popcorn. Today they played in the sprinkler in the back yard, went to Coldstone for ice cream, went to McDonalds to burn off some steam in the play area and then got to watch a movie while playing in the tent Daddy set up in the living room. My favorite part of today was when we were headed to get ice cream and I told them we were going to get ice cream and Maddox says "Can't Wait!" and Landon says "Can't Wait!". They really are two peas in a pod. I am glad they get along so well.

Memorial Weekend at Mr. Danny's Camp

We had a great time at Mr. Danny's camp. Maddox had a blast playing with his best friends Landon.
We had a long drive over on Friday night. We got there Saturday morning about 3:30am and went straight to bed.
Saturday
Woke up in the morning around 7:30am. Maddox wanted to go outside. So we went and sat on the deck and waited for the rest of the crew to make it out of bed. Jodie and I blew up the pool for the boys to play in on the back deck. They loved it. They threw the balls and the super friends dive toys in the water. They even got Mr. Danny in the water. We later went out on the boat. Both of the boys fell asleep on the way out there but woke up when we stopped and got in the water. Landon loved the water Maddox liked it but since Daddy was in the boat he wanted to be in the boat. At one point he said he had to go potty but wouldn't do it in the water so Daddy held on to him as he pee'd overboard. We all got back in the boat which was an event. There is no ladder on the boat so it was tough to get out cause we were in water over our heads. After that the boys enjoyed helping Mr. Danny drive the boat back. For the rest of the evening we hung out and watched TV and sat on the deck. We got some great entertainment from some people who sunk their boat in the slip right across the street. It was a sight.
Sunday
We woke up around 7:30am again. The boys played in the pool on the deck again. Danny's parents came over and we took two boats out to the island. It was a nice ride out. We saw a couple of dolphins jump in front of us as we went out. When we got there since the boys were sleeping they thought they should fish first. The water was very choppy and it was hot. Not a good combination for the stomach. We decided to jump on the other boat and go to the island. The water was very choppy on the front of the island. We pulled it around to the side and anchored the boats in shallow water and waded to the beach. Mommy got a little sick after getting off the boat. The beach was gorgeous with all of the crabs in all different kinds of shells. Don't think I have even seen that many crabs on a beach at one time. It was beautiful. The boys played in the sand for awhile. Ms. Jodie brought the boys sandwiches and they ate on the beach. The big boys caught some bait fish since Mr. Danny left the shrimp bait back at the camp. Then Daddy, Mr. Brian and Mr. Danny's parents went out to fish. The rest of us stayed and played on the beach and waded in the water. It was a beautiful day. The dolphins came close a couple of times where we could see them. That was pretty neat to be so close to them. Mommy got hit by a fish on the back while talking to Ms. Jodie and Ms. Nicole. The boys had fun swimming and playing in the boat. After a while we headed back but the boat needed oil so we went to the Marina. Landon had fun going commando in his swim shorts all weekend. He christened the area near the aquarium at the marina. Maddox had Mr. Danny hold him by the side of the boat earlier in the trip so he could pee off the side again. He wouldn't go in the water...lol. Mommy got a nasty burn from holding Maddox in the back of the boat on the way back to the camp. It was almost as nice as Ms. Nicole's burn. We got back to the camp and had dinner. Mr. Danny & Mr. Brian fixed the broken blender and made everyone's night. Well the ladies anyway. We all turned in pretty early.
Monday
Woke up around 7:30 again.... The boys threw some animal crackers to the birds off the dock and had fun throwing rocks at the neighboring camp steps. We cleaned up the camp and headed out. We had a great lunch on the way back of seafood. Daddy got a ticket in Broussard in a speed trap, but it was still a great weekend. We even got Ms. Nicole back in plenty of time to head out for her trip to San Antonio.

Ballgame

Thursday a friend gave us some tickets to the Astros game. We decided to skip swim lessons and see the baseball game. Free tickets don't come along often. My son loved the game. He has been to several now and loves cheering with the rest of the crowd. The 'Stros lost but that was alright because it was a good game. Lots of action. After the game while walking back to the truck my son let us know he had to pee. He told us he would pee on tree and his dad told him nope not a good idea lets wait till we get back to the truck. He then said "I pee on wheel!" Needless to say it was his first pee outside experience but I am sure there will be many too come.

Preschooler Secret Greeting

This is second hand but I just have to post about it. This morning my son started in the next room because of our incident yesterday. There are several kids in this class that my son knows well. This morning my husband dropped him off and walked him to the new room on the other side of the building. He says that as soon as our son walked in his buddy Jacob who just recently moved up a couple of weeks ago came up to him and they did some sort of friend greeting. They were standing face to face and they bumped bellies and then touched foreheads. My husband said it looked like some sort of secret lodge handshake kind of thing. Now preschoolers have their own secret greetings… How funny is that?

Bite of the Century

I usually do not blog about bad things that happen but today I get a call from daycare. My son has been bitten. So he has gotten bit many times before. Well this time it broke the skin through the clothing he had on. So it wasn't teeth to bare skin. His shirt was in the way and the little boy still broke skin. I didn't look at it until this evening and I am glad I didn't. It looks pretty bad. I had a talk with the daycare director. They are going to move him to the next class starting tomorrow. This isn't too big of a reprieve the other little boy moves up soon as well. I hope that things calm down cause I was so ready to quit that daycare today. I can't wait to hear what my husband has to tell them tomorrow.

Warm & Fuzzy

Last night in the middle of the night I get a tap on my arm and hear “Mommy I need go potty!” So I groggily roll out of bed and into the bathroom. I get him on the potty and he goes. He then looks up at me with this glazed look and says “Mommy I love you!”. It was one of those sweet moments. I just wish it hadn’t been at 3am.
PS: Yes I am very lucky that my son will wake me up in the middle of the night when he has to go potty. Pretty amazing for one who is not yet 3 years old.

Pay off

Swimming lessons have started to pay off. In the past my son has not liked to get his head wet. If you put him on his back in the water his head would be out of the water with his feet straight up in the air. As the lessons have gone on the feet are now in the water and the head is more in. This weekend while taking a bath my son laid down in the tub on his back. Ears were in the water and everything. He just laid there all relaxed like he was in a tropical pool or something on a beautiful day. It is wonderful how relaxed in the water he has become. If nothing else comes of swimming lessons we have made some progress. I am hoping that lessons get better as lately he has not wanted to go. Hopefully they will get better in the second half of the session but no matter what he has made progress from when he started.

Success

I hope I am not writing this prematurely but yesterday while in the mall buying shoes for my little guy with extra wide feet he turns to me and says "Mommy I need go poo poo in the potty!". So we proceed to the mall bathrooms and sure enough he hasn't had an accident so I put him on the potty. AFter just about a minute he poops.... I am THRILLED!!!!! At daycare they said he hadn't asked to poo poo on the potty they just notice him trying to hide and corral him to the restroom.So I believe this is a major step in the right direction. So for going yesterday he got a batman monster truck and a Build a Bear Monkey in a Batman suit named Friday.

I very Hungry!

Lately my son says the cutest thing! "I very hungry Mommy! I eat so I get big and strong" and then he flexes his muscles. It is just adorable unless of course I am trying to get him to go to sleep. Before bed he likes to tell me this and I wonder if he actually has a bottomless pit for a stomach. He will have already had dinner and probably a snack too. I guess he is just a growing boy, cause he eats often! Man he can put away some food for his size. Good thing he is so active. I am wondering if maybe he is about to hit another growth spurt. I guess it is about time since I just bought him all new summer clothes. Figures.

Potty Progress

Picked up my son from daycare today and noticed on his sheet there was a star next to Potty. He poo poo'ed in the potty. Hoooray!!! Then I notice that there in the next column is also noted a poo poo accident. So we are not there yet but making progress. I am going to get him a surprise and make a big deal out of his going in the potty and maybe he will do it again, and again and again.... Life without cleaning up poop... Priceless.... well atleast till we have another one.

Scary Balloon

At the house we have what remains of a helium balloon that Granny gave my son. It is all but deflated. It has been hanging around literally for months now. Well it migrated into the hallway where my son rediscovered it. He brought it into the living room and was playing with it on his slide right under one of two fans we have in the room. He let it go and up it drifted right into the blades of the fan. As the fan pelted the poor balloon, my son is yelling "That Scary". So I guess he figured it was both fun and scary cause once the balloon came down he grabbed it again and climbed up the slide to let it go again, but this time once he let it go and it was on its way up he ran and dove behind the couch. As the balloon hit the fan again, you hear "Scary" coming from the floor behind the couch. He did this several times until the balloon got stuck on the ceiling for awhile. I go in the other room and I hear him calling me to come see. He was so excited I thought we might have company or something. Nope the balloon had gotten stuck on one of the blades and was going round and round in the fan. You could have sworn it was the best thing since sliced bread with my son. The entertainment factor of a mostly deflated helium balloon. Who would have thought.

Granny!!!!

Ok so lets start this off with I love my mom! (Granny). Everyday lately my son wants to see Granny. That is wonderful you say. Well he says it constantly " I wanna go see Granny!", "I wanna go Granny church!", "I wanna go back Granny!" "When granny coming!" She comes to visit or we see her about 1-2 times per month. So it isn't like we see her everyday, but we do see her. I am getting to the point where it is like...."Why aren't you happy to just be here enjoying whatever we are doing at the time! I know you love her and want to spend time with her but do you have to remind me every 5 minutes all afternoon."

You know Granny if you are reading this you could just move over here and make my life a lot easier by not having to hear “I wanna see Granny”, he could just go see you any time…. Problem solved….

Swimming Lessons Update

Swimming Lessons are going well. Maddox likes them very much. He is still not crazy about putting his head under. He doesn't like his eyes wet. He likes to blow bubbles and kick around the pool. He is a little more tame in the water than the two girls in his class. He is really progressing with his back float or should I say laying in the water while the teacher holds on. He now relaxes a little while he is doing it. His legs don't shoot straight up in the air and he doesn't try to hold his head up. I am anxious to see what he will be able to do by the end of the program.