I haven't forgotten!

Even though it has been a few days since I posted, just wanted to let you know it's not that I have forgotten, just been busy and well, not much of anything new to write, either.  Today was a pretty usual day--mommy had to go out and work this morning, came back in the afternoon for a couple of hours, then back out again for more work in the evening.  I brought you back a doughnut this morning, which, of course, made you quite happy.  We played around a bit and then it seemed like it was already time for me to head out.  You and daddy went to the the store together and he reported that you were very well behaved--yay!  After I got back, you had a random meltdown over little things (like me closing my laptop), but ended the evening happy again and ready for bed.

Laundry obession

Oh, I know the day will come when I will wonder when this went away (it surely will not, sadly, sick around)--right now, as it has been for quite a time, you are obsessed with doing laundry.  Mind you, this isn't just about watching the machines go 'round-and-round' like at first.  You now actually DO the laundry, almost by yourself!  Unfortunately, you don't understand the controls fully, which leads to stuff like this morning, where you had turned on the washer, run it for a bit, stopped it, then opened the door...letting water on floor.  So, just before heading to the gym together, mommy had to do a quick mop-up job.
You were good at the gym, and good again once we got home.  We had some lunch, mommy got a shower in, then we made cookies (peanut butter milk chocolate chip :)).  You did your usual with the dough eating and we had a nice time.  After I cleaned up the kitchen, had a slight break and then it was time to head out for lessons.
While I was gone, you napped on daddy (he reported) for an hour, and then snuggled on his lap for about another hour.  When I arrived home, we had dinner and then it was bedtime, which I think you really needed by that point.  Your new thing is to read "Blue Hat, Green Hat"--you love saying the "oops" parts lol.  Ok, so it's not true reading, as you only know it by the pictures, but still...  Then we've now gone to the routine being that you throw your blankies into the crib, then one of us assists you in 'boinging' up and over the rail, I play a silly game of making faces with you through the bars until daddy brings your bedtime milk (yeah, I know, probably not the best habit, but we don't have time to fight you for the moment being on this one).

Counted your toes!

Sorry mommy has been slacking on the blog these days, but I just can't seem to get everything in every day!  Anyhow, wanted to be sure I recorded a little milestone: you successfully counted your toes on one foot tonight!  It's the first time you have actually counted something in the correct order and amount :)
Also, you now keep trying to sing the ABC's song with me and it is hilarious.  I simply must get a video, it's too cute and comical.  You know sort of the melody and some of the highlights, and if you try to sing it without me, you get stuck in a loop somewhere in the middle and the song becomes far longer lol :)

Tonight, Tonight

Ah, my cute little guy, what a day being of you being so adorable :)  This morning, mommy had to go get a paper notarized at the bank (for the sale of the car to uncle Kevin), then we spent the rest of the morning together just having a usual time.  I put on some videos for you (since you like to dance to them) and you started trying to sing along with a few of them.  The one you did the best with was Hot Chelle Rae's "Tonight, Tonight"--you nailed that one easily and clearly.
After this, Andrea came over and you were good during the lesson, entertaining yourself with things like turning on the dryer, watching TV, and eating 'doo-doo foo sacks' (Scooby-Doo fruit snacks).  You felt the need at one point to join us at the table, just long enough to knock over a pile of plastic storage tubs (by accident).
After the lesson, I cleaned the kitchen, you attempted to help.  You requested at one point that I get out the step stool for you, which I did, positioning it at the island so you would be facing me.  As I worked, you got down at one point and I heard you attempting to move the stool.  I didn't figure you actually could, so I didn't worry about it much.  I heard some noises like you were getting in the drawers or cabinet of the island, which was fine because there isn't anything available to you there that would cause a problem.  Next thing I know, I look over to see that you were back up on the stool in same place, but now the hand-crank cheese grater had made an appearance on the island countertop.  This means that you managed to: 1. move the stool far enough over to get the cabinet door open, 2. had remembered where the device was kept and got it out by yourself, and 3. replaced the stool to position and hauled the grater up to the countertop.  Wow, little guy, just wow.
Soon enough, it was time to go to Kailey's house for her lesson, which you got excited about as per usual.  You were well-behaved there :)  I was going to go to Target after that, but you fell asleep on the ride home, so we went home instead.  I let you nap in the car for about 20 minutes, after we arrived, checking on you every 5.  This was nice and convenient, as I had some scanning I needed to get done for a student.  Big thank you from mommy for this one.  After got you back inside, we watched some more music videos until dad got home.
Later on, we had dinner, where you again thought you had to sing the Luna commercial before each bite of  rice.  You had a good amount of bacon and even a little bit of daddy's omelette.  We were watching The Simpsons, and you pointed this out for us (this is the first time you've named this show, and a little surprising because we don't watch it nearly as often as, say, Team Umizoomi lol).
After dinner, we cleaned up the living room a bit and ran the vacuum, or, as you call it, the 'cappoom'.  You exclaimed, "I do it!", which means you want to help, so I let you go for it.  Boy are those 3 square inches super clean now lol.  Ok, ok, you did a bit more than that, but only because I had to help move it around a bit (you would have otherwise probably stayed moving across the same tiny swath).
At bedtime, we've been trying to get back to reading stories with you, which I do by just reading books, regardless of whatever you are doing.  It tends to draw you in, so I plan to continue :)  Tonight I had 'The Bunny Hop' as one of the selections, and asked you if you could count the bunnies on the front cover.  You attempted with, "Two...one...six...seven...eight...nine...ten *pause* nine...eight...*pause*six...seven...six...seven...eight...nine...ten *pause* hundred!"  Oh how you crack us up!

New show

Today started with you going to the gym with me, which went well (yay!)  You colored some valentine pictures, which apparently had to be tossed into the trunk area of my car when we got in.  We returned home, had some lunch, and then mommy made some cookie bars and cleaned up the kitchen.  You, of course, insisted on eating the batter and attempting to measure ingredients lol.  After this, you wanted to watch some TV, so I put on the recording of a brand-new show called 'Wallykazam' (has been advertised for weeks, so you are already familiar with it).  You LOVED it--so much so that you just sat in the floor in the same spot the whole time and didn't even notice when daddy came home (at first--you did eventually lol...)  I had to leave to go to lessons; daddy reported later that you watched the show again like 3 times.  We had some frozen pizza for dinner, but you didn't join us for that because you'd already eaten quite a bit while I was gone (according to daddy).  You were getting fussy by the time we put you in bed--only part you objected to was the changing of the diaper lol.

Thank goodness for napping today

Lately, you have not been one to nap, as I have noted in the other entries. Today, mommy had a couple of lessons this morning, and then needed to work on a paper that was due today by the end of the day.  When I first got home, daddy was super tired, so I told him to go take a nap/rest and I'd watch you.  This meant, of course, that I was not able to work on my paper yet, but that's ok.  I did manage to pull up some possible sources to quote for it, though, because at one point you decided to just pile on my lap for about 12 minutes of watching 'Despicable Me' lol.  You were super quiet and calm, which made me wonder for a moment if you might nap on me.  About that time, you slid off my lap, down my legs, to the floor to roll around with your blankies.  You were snuggling them sort of like you do when you are getting ready to nap, so I said, "How about if you go take a nap? Let's go to your room and do that, come on!"  And up the stairs you went!  You played with your Team Umizoomi shapes thing for a little bit, then I put you in the crib and you settled down to nap pretty much right away.  Dad emerged from the bedroom just minutes later and was shocked that you were down for a nap lol.  We both took advantage of the time and worked, which was great!  I got mostly done with my paper before you got up, so that was wonderful.
When you got up, you were a little groggy (you slept for 3 hours!), but quickly came around and were in a very happy mood, yay!  You ate a bunch of rice our of my dinner bowl, and the funny thing was, I sang the Luna commercial tune at one point to see if you'd chime in (you did).  Then, after that, you seemed to think you needed to chant that every time before taking another bite of rice lol.  You got out your own spoon, failed on using it, so went back and got a fork, failed on that, then got another fork.  I said, "What are you doing, Mr. Fork?" and you just giggled.  Apparently this phrase was amusing, because I repeated it and got the same reaction out of you several times.  Love making you giggle like that :)
Later, just before bed, I discovered that we have a channel/service that allows us to play music and/or videos from a list, so I put on some dance songs for you.  Of course you danced, which I always love watching, but you also thought you needed to swing your arm around and around really fast.  When the last song was done and I stopped the service, you looked at the screen and said, "All done, dance TV." lol!

another short one

Let's see, what are the highlights of the last two days?  You pooped in the tub yesterday, which was yucky, but also funny to watch your face as you simply cannot figure out why or how this came from your body.  You are still obsessed with the 'doh-doh', though you spent a bit less time on it today than the other days.  You were good at the Kids Zone at the gym today, so that made mommy happy and relieved.  You insisted this evening on getting out the cheese grater, climbing up on the step stool, and grinding it for quite a while.  You also experimented with putting jellybeans and M & M's in it to see what would happen lol.  Again, you cried profusely when put to bed, yet gave up after only a few minutes and went to sleep.  Love you lots *hugs* ~mommy