You're officially 4! For 4 days now lol. Time keeps flying by, as usual, but I wanted to get an entry in for this milestone!
First, We celebrated at grandma Judy's with a few people from dad's side of the family, as well as Uncle Kevin, Nana Linda, and Papa Junior. The night before, mommy made your cake as you had requested: completely covered in all red M&M's. I also made you some cake pops, since you love that app so much (and yes, they had mini M&M's on them). The next morning, we went by Party City to get the 4 green balloons you requested (we'd already gotten the 'surprise makers' (blowouts) when we came for the M&M's the day before). At grandma Judy's, we had a very nice time. Mommy and Nana prepped some soups and grandma made chili and sandwich stuff for everyone. Then it was time to have your cake and open presents. You got a Paw Patrol watch and backpack (which was full of fun school suppies) from grandma, some pinwheels and something else from cousin Johnny (and his son, who really did not behave well around you during the party, to mommy's dismay), Candy Land game from mommy & daddy, and a penquin pillow pet from Nana & Papa. You were elated, loved all of your gifts. You even got to do a few sparklers that grandma Judy saved for you after that!
Back here at home, we celebrated on your actual birthday with opening your other presents from mommy & daddy: a cool LEGO set that had a helicopter and motorcycle, and a Vtech smart car that will work with your airport set that Aunt Diane got for you last Christmas. Mommy took you shopping with the $20 that cousin Kristen gave you in a card. We went to Target, where we looked around at everything in the toy section; you finally declared that you wanted to get a game, You really wanted one called "Bounce Out", but that was rated for 7 years and up, so I showed you games that were for your age. After much deliberation, you settled on "Hungry Hungry Hippos". We got this home and you loved it--played several rounds with uncle Kevin after mommy had to got out for work. Mommy also took you to Barnes & Noble to get your free birthday treat; you selected a chocolate cupcake with chocolate frosting (quelle surprise!) and were quite fascinated by the chocolate curls on it lol.
On the day after your birthday, we went to Chuck E. Cheese for dinner, which you loved as usual. You ran around and got sweaty, but didn't win nearly as many tickets as the last time we visited.
On Saturday, we went roller skating again--this was your third time. Chelsea was able to join us, too--it was here first time and she had a bit more difficulty than you did the first time. Thankfully, the staff offered to let her try to Fisher-Price skates that don't roll backwards and this helped her a lot (you never needed these).
Sunday, we (you, mommy, and daddy) went for a short road trip to go hiking at Apple River Canyon State Park near Galena, IL. We did the first one mile trail with no problem. You love to jump over the tree roots that grow into the hiking paths. You also really love to throw rocks into the river lol. On the second trail, we were doing great until near the end--you stopped suddenly and screamed "OWWWWWWWWWW!!!" and I came to see what was wrong. I noticed something flying near you and tried to get both of us away from whatever it was. It had stung you on the chest, right through your shirt! Thankfully it did not leave a stinger, but oh, how mommy felt terrible for you, knowing how much it had to hurt! You cried out for 'blankies and chocolate milk', so daddy hoisted you onto his shoulders and we tired our best to get you back to the car as quick as possible. We ran into a snag when the trail required a crossing at the river. The river was shallow at some parts, but not enough to keep us from getting our feet soaked :/ Still, daddy was heroic and carried you on his shoulders for this part, too, which got you distracted enough to cease wailing and calm down. We then made it back to the car and headed over to Galena for a late lunch. It was very good--you ate a TON of the salad! As expected, you napped quite a bit on the way home. I think you had a great long birthday celebration and are quite proud of being 4 :) Love you lots!
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Friday, September 4, 2015
Roller skating
Today mommy took you roller skating for the first time. When we first arrived, you were very nervous and unsure about this whole idea. You kept telling me that you wanted to go back to the car and go home, which seems to be your typical reaction to anything new (you said the same thing when we went to the beach the first time lol). After reassuring you that you would not fall, that I would be right with you the whole time, I got you on the rink. Unlike when mommy learned to skate, they have a cool device now called a "skate trainer"--a bent bar contraption on wheels--that really helps with keeping balance and keeps kids from clinging to the wall. I had to bend over you and keep my hands on yours for the first time around. You wanted a break after that (so did I), then I asked if you would like to see mommy skate around the rink once. You agreed, so I went around once, watching you as you watched me the whole time. This seemed to inspire you for another try at going around, so off we went again. This time went better than the first, which made you very happy. We took another break, walked over to the games area for a few minutes, then went back to go around one more time. Only one more time turned into three--by the time you got to the last one, you didn't want me holding on at all and even told me to skate ahead so you could skate by yourself. I was so proud of you! And you still liked it despite getting a little owie just below your knee on the fourth lap. Mommy is planning to make this a weekly thing, provided you continue to enjoy it. I also have you signed up for some classes in the park district again; fingers crossed that they do not cancel this time (last time I tried, all 4 were canceled!)
This evening, you were running laps from the living room to the kitchen (you do this nearly every night) and mommy was getting a pizza out of the oven. You yelled from the living room, "Mommy, can you please close the oven door? I'm trying to exercise!" LOL! Out of context, I can only imagine what someone would think if they heard this.
You also have an obsession with saying the number "one hundred and thousand and eighty hundred and eighty"--cracks us up all the time.
Just now, you came out of your room to go potty. You came to our door and said, "Mommy, daddy, I want to say 'oh, darn'". We nodded, then you went in the bathroom and we heard, "Oh, darn!" as you sat down on the toilet. You are just too silly and cute, hope you know!
This evening, you were running laps from the living room to the kitchen (you do this nearly every night) and mommy was getting a pizza out of the oven. You yelled from the living room, "Mommy, can you please close the oven door? I'm trying to exercise!" LOL! Out of context, I can only imagine what someone would think if they heard this.
You also have an obsession with saying the number "one hundred and thousand and eighty hundred and eighty"--cracks us up all the time.
Just now, you came out of your room to go potty. You came to our door and said, "Mommy, daddy, I want to say 'oh, darn'". We nodded, then you went in the bathroom and we heard, "Oh, darn!" as you sat down on the toilet. You are just too silly and cute, hope you know!
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
47
We had a lot of fun at Chelsea's house for mommy's birthday--you especially loved eating the cake I made :) Chelsea told mommy "Happy birthday!" at least 10 times (you might have said it once or twice); when we got back, Uncle Kevin asked you what you did and you replied, "We had a birthday!" lol. Over the weekend, we visited Nana Linda, which, just like grandma Judy's, you always love because you certainly get spoiled quite a bit each place. As usual, we blew bubbles on Nana's deck, we went to Wal-Mart all together, and you dusted the large vase in the living room. The reason the post is titled "47" is that seems to be your favorite number to say for everything lately. You also choose other numbers in the 40's, but 47 seems the most frequent. Perhaps it's because you are in the 40's on your stats: 46" tall, 46 pounds (everyone thinks you look like you are 5 or even 6).
Something we find totally cute and hilarious is that (I think I mentioned this in a previous post when you first started saying it), if we ask you, "What do you have in your pockets?", your response without hesitation is "arrows". If we ask you, "What do you have in your mouth?", your response is "springs". And if we dare ask how many right now, it's either going to be 47, another number in the 40's, or you'll try to make up some really large number that comes out as "18 thousand, 700 thousand, 18 hundred, 45 thousand, 47!"
Along with making up numbers that cannot exist, you also love to get silly and make up words for things. Some are just one time words; one that is consistent is "sadzy". You often tell us after getting out of your car seat that your back is "all sadzy". At Nana's house, you informed us that your feet were "all cobzy", which we think meant that you got some dirt and sand in your socks and shoes when you played at the playground at Atchley Park.
You are also still doing great *knock on wood* about getting up to go potty during the night if you need to, and have only woken up wet once since you started with the "big boy diapers" (these are the pull-ups diaper/underwear for overnights). You're extremely proud of being able to pull them down and up all on your own. You are getting better about not screaming so much--although you did for just a moment tonight, after telling me, "One, two, three, gonna be mad, aaaaaaaaahhh!" I had to hold back my giggle :) You want to be with me and/or daddy all the time. You ask to go with us everywhere, not understanding when we have to tell you no (such as when we go to work).
You can read sooooo many words now! (Chelsea's mom was quite impressed :)) I think that, although you know sort of how to sound out words, you read like mommy did when she was little: whole word recognition. We bought you a book over the weekend with kindergarten level skills in it to practice; you can read every word in it so far. We're not very far along on handwriting and such, though--that will come with time, I'm sure :) lots of love as always ~~ mommy
Something we find totally cute and hilarious is that (I think I mentioned this in a previous post when you first started saying it), if we ask you, "What do you have in your pockets?", your response without hesitation is "arrows". If we ask you, "What do you have in your mouth?", your response is "springs". And if we dare ask how many right now, it's either going to be 47, another number in the 40's, or you'll try to make up some really large number that comes out as "18 thousand, 700 thousand, 18 hundred, 45 thousand, 47!"
Along with making up numbers that cannot exist, you also love to get silly and make up words for things. Some are just one time words; one that is consistent is "sadzy". You often tell us after getting out of your car seat that your back is "all sadzy". At Nana's house, you informed us that your feet were "all cobzy", which we think meant that you got some dirt and sand in your socks and shoes when you played at the playground at Atchley Park.
You are also still doing great *knock on wood* about getting up to go potty during the night if you need to, and have only woken up wet once since you started with the "big boy diapers" (these are the pull-ups diaper/underwear for overnights). You're extremely proud of being able to pull them down and up all on your own. You are getting better about not screaming so much--although you did for just a moment tonight, after telling me, "One, two, three, gonna be mad, aaaaaaaaahhh!" I had to hold back my giggle :) You want to be with me and/or daddy all the time. You ask to go with us everywhere, not understanding when we have to tell you no (such as when we go to work).
You can read sooooo many words now! (Chelsea's mom was quite impressed :)) I think that, although you know sort of how to sound out words, you read like mommy did when she was little: whole word recognition. We bought you a book over the weekend with kindergarten level skills in it to practice; you can read every word in it so far. We're not very far along on handwriting and such, though--that will come with time, I'm sure :) lots of love as always ~~ mommy
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Teenky tinky
The title of this post refers to what you have taken to saying lately--"teenky tinky", when you actually mean "teeny tiny". It's just too cute :) You're trying really hard to acquire new words and phrases, and experimenting with combining them yields funny things like "Stop talking anything!". Another thing, which we have no idea where you came up with it, is that if you don't feel like doing something, you will tell us, "I can't. I'm too flat to _____." You were doing this a lot when you were having a moody stage the last time I wrote. I don't want to jinx it, but you seem like you are doing better now (hoping it continues!)
Today is mommy's birthday; we're going to go celebrate during the afternoon with Chelsea and her mom. You picked out a super card for me (with daddy); he said that you rejected many other choices before landing on this one. It has a sticker inside that says "Very Loved Mommy"; I plan to wear it proudly today :D
The last two Sundays, we have gone to the beach in Racine, WI--it's about an hour and a half away from our house. You were a bit uncertain about it the first time when we arrived. I made you a sand castle, we encouraged you to play in the sand, and after about 20 minutes, you announced that you were done at the beach. We convinced you that we should all get in the water and play, perhaps stay a while longer. Once you got comfortable in the water, you were completely the opposite--you wanted to stay and play for sure! We stayed about 3 hours each time. The first time, it was nice and sunny, not too hot. There weren't as many people as the second time because the first time, it turned out that they were having an Ironman competition in the town that day. This caused us to have to park about 10 blocks away; normally, that would have been fine--however, daddy only brought a cheap pair of flip-flops. On the return trip to the car, he was carrying you on shoulders as we crossed a street and one of them broke right in the middle of the street. Mommy had on better sandals, so she had you guys wait at that corner while she ran to the car (a half mile away) and came back to get you. The second time, uncle Kevin came along as well. This time, despite the weather forecast indicating "partly cloudy with 0% chance precipitation", we had complete overcast sky and it sprinkled on us for about 10 minutes! Even so, we still had a great time :) The water was very green this time because for whatever reason, there was a ton of algae near the shore. We still went in the water anyway, it was mainly just near the shore. I hope we'll get to go at least one more time before summer's done.
Last thing I'll mention this time is that you are completely obsessed with your iPhone games currently. Every day you ask for new ones (we only do free ones); your favorite seems to be the Inside Out bubble one.
Lots of love and hugs~~mommy
Today is mommy's birthday; we're going to go celebrate during the afternoon with Chelsea and her mom. You picked out a super card for me (with daddy); he said that you rejected many other choices before landing on this one. It has a sticker inside that says "Very Loved Mommy"; I plan to wear it proudly today :D
The last two Sundays, we have gone to the beach in Racine, WI--it's about an hour and a half away from our house. You were a bit uncertain about it the first time when we arrived. I made you a sand castle, we encouraged you to play in the sand, and after about 20 minutes, you announced that you were done at the beach. We convinced you that we should all get in the water and play, perhaps stay a while longer. Once you got comfortable in the water, you were completely the opposite--you wanted to stay and play for sure! We stayed about 3 hours each time. The first time, it was nice and sunny, not too hot. There weren't as many people as the second time because the first time, it turned out that they were having an Ironman competition in the town that day. This caused us to have to park about 10 blocks away; normally, that would have been fine--however, daddy only brought a cheap pair of flip-flops. On the return trip to the car, he was carrying you on shoulders as we crossed a street and one of them broke right in the middle of the street. Mommy had on better sandals, so she had you guys wait at that corner while she ran to the car (a half mile away) and came back to get you. The second time, uncle Kevin came along as well. This time, despite the weather forecast indicating "partly cloudy with 0% chance precipitation", we had complete overcast sky and it sprinkled on us for about 10 minutes! Even so, we still had a great time :) The water was very green this time because for whatever reason, there was a ton of algae near the shore. We still went in the water anyway, it was mainly just near the shore. I hope we'll get to go at least one more time before summer's done.
Last thing I'll mention this time is that you are completely obsessed with your iPhone games currently. Every day you ask for new ones (we only do free ones); your favorite seems to be the Inside Out bubble one.
Lots of love and hugs~~mommy
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
July already!
Yep, the past 3 months flew by far faster than expected. Mommy got busy with planning a trip with Nana Linda to Europe, then it was the end of the school year, the trip happened in the first two weeks in June, and boom, here's July!
I can't possibly cover all that has happened for you in the last three months, so I'll just go with some of the most recent things that come to mind.
Just after mommy came back from vacation, we had to get Nana Linda back home to Missouri. Uncle Kevin wanted to visit his friends for a while down there, so we took him along and dropped him off. Grandma Judy wanted some time with you, so we took you to her house to stay while daddy was busy wrapping up the end of another school term. You were going to stay there until we were coming to Grandma's for 4th of July weekend, but Grandma started not feeling well the weekend before. Also, you were starting to ask to go back to "Avery's house" every day. Thus, we decided to meet up with her halfway and bring you back early.
We still went to Grandma Judy's for the weekend of the 4th, as daddy's cousin was having a big party and we wanted to attend. He lives right near the park where the fireworks are displayed for Keokuk, which is also where a carnival is held. We took you to that for a while (you did some rides all by yourself, plus one with mommy) and then enjoyed the fireworks after. You were so excited about all of them--you shouted and whooped about how big they were and had everyone giggling at how adorable you were about it :) On Sunday, we attended a family reunion on Grandma Judy's side and then met up with Nana Linda in Hannibal to get Uncle Kevin to bring him back with us.
In other news, lately you have become quite the good reader. You also ask what everything "means" and tend to fuss quite a bit to try to get your way. We're still working on your tendency to scream when you get mad about not getting your way; think it's getting better, but not gone entirely by any means. You are super picky about eating, too--you won't even eat some of the things you used to love and it's nearly impossible to get you to try new stuff, even sweets! Even so, we keep making efforts and most of the time you are pretty happy and VERY energetic.
Today we went to see the movie "Inside Out", which you had requested to see when you saw the previews with daddy and Uncle Kevin at another movie a few weeks ago. When we first got there, things were not going well--you stumbled on the stairs a little and got a scrape on the front of your ankle. This put you in an unhappy mood and you weren't so sure you wanted to watch the movie after we got inside. Daddy took you to the restroom (per your request), then mommy had to do the same (per your request); I also had to get you calm enough to come back in and decide to watch the movie after all (whew!). At the end, you insisted we stay to watch all of the "credix" lol. Later, we went to Meijer for some shopping, which went mostly well (you were getting fussy about which register and helping at the end). Overall, I think you had a good day. Love you lots and will hopefully not be 3 more months before I write again ~ ~ mommy
I can't possibly cover all that has happened for you in the last three months, so I'll just go with some of the most recent things that come to mind.
Just after mommy came back from vacation, we had to get Nana Linda back home to Missouri. Uncle Kevin wanted to visit his friends for a while down there, so we took him along and dropped him off. Grandma Judy wanted some time with you, so we took you to her house to stay while daddy was busy wrapping up the end of another school term. You were going to stay there until we were coming to Grandma's for 4th of July weekend, but Grandma started not feeling well the weekend before. Also, you were starting to ask to go back to "Avery's house" every day. Thus, we decided to meet up with her halfway and bring you back early.
We still went to Grandma Judy's for the weekend of the 4th, as daddy's cousin was having a big party and we wanted to attend. He lives right near the park where the fireworks are displayed for Keokuk, which is also where a carnival is held. We took you to that for a while (you did some rides all by yourself, plus one with mommy) and then enjoyed the fireworks after. You were so excited about all of them--you shouted and whooped about how big they were and had everyone giggling at how adorable you were about it :) On Sunday, we attended a family reunion on Grandma Judy's side and then met up with Nana Linda in Hannibal to get Uncle Kevin to bring him back with us.
In other news, lately you have become quite the good reader. You also ask what everything "means" and tend to fuss quite a bit to try to get your way. We're still working on your tendency to scream when you get mad about not getting your way; think it's getting better, but not gone entirely by any means. You are super picky about eating, too--you won't even eat some of the things you used to love and it's nearly impossible to get you to try new stuff, even sweets! Even so, we keep making efforts and most of the time you are pretty happy and VERY energetic.
Today we went to see the movie "Inside Out", which you had requested to see when you saw the previews with daddy and Uncle Kevin at another movie a few weeks ago. When we first got there, things were not going well--you stumbled on the stairs a little and got a scrape on the front of your ankle. This put you in an unhappy mood and you weren't so sure you wanted to watch the movie after we got inside. Daddy took you to the restroom (per your request), then mommy had to do the same (per your request); I also had to get you calm enough to come back in and decide to watch the movie after all (whew!). At the end, you insisted we stay to watch all of the "credix" lol. Later, we went to Meijer for some shopping, which went mostly well (you were getting fussy about which register and helping at the end). Overall, I think you had a good day. Love you lots and will hopefully not be 3 more months before I write again ~ ~ mommy
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Catching up
Yes, I know, this entry is dated for April fools' day, but it's not a joke entry :P
Just wanted to enter something so that you will know I haven't forgotten about blogging here, just been extra busy with work. Plus, you spent about 2 weeks at Nana Linda's house in March, so we didn't have much to report there. You had a great time and so did Nana :) You picked up the habit of saying "Oh, yes." instead of just "yes" (I blame her for this lol). She also got you thinking there are potatoes growing in your ears because she calls earwax "tater patches". She would tease you when you got tired and say, "Don't you go to sleep" in a silly way, which made you giggle and you said to daddy on the trip back home from her house when he laid back and wanted to close his eyes for a bit. We also celebrated Easter early at Nana's, complete with an egg hunt that you really enjoyed in her front yard. Papa Junior didn't get to see us much while we were there because he had a problem with his ankle that made him go to the hospital. He's getting better now.
Daddy got a new car just before we went to Nana's to pick you up/spend his birthday weekend. It's all electric and really fun to drive. We would have taken it there, but it only has a range of about 65 miles per charge, thus not at practical for more than city driving. You love it, too, probably because you love cars and can see out the windows really well in it.
You're really getting great at reading; it's amazing how many words you know now! You are becoming more articulate and asking clearer questions.
Just the other day, you decided you like "Futurama", thanks to seeing a scene where Bender is chanting "Bender, Bender, Bender!" You thought this was hilarious and since it's animated, you kept on watching. You even requested to watch more episodes after that one was over. For some reason, though, you repeat the chant as "Fender, Fender, Fender!". Silly boy.
You were supposed to start taking an art class tomorrow, but it got canceled due to low enrollment :( Hopefully the other classes mommy signed you up for will not have the same fate.
There's plenty more to tell, but mommy's getting sleepy. Night night and love you lots :)
Just wanted to enter something so that you will know I haven't forgotten about blogging here, just been extra busy with work. Plus, you spent about 2 weeks at Nana Linda's house in March, so we didn't have much to report there. You had a great time and so did Nana :) You picked up the habit of saying "Oh, yes." instead of just "yes" (I blame her for this lol). She also got you thinking there are potatoes growing in your ears because she calls earwax "tater patches". She would tease you when you got tired and say, "Don't you go to sleep" in a silly way, which made you giggle and you said to daddy on the trip back home from her house when he laid back and wanted to close his eyes for a bit. We also celebrated Easter early at Nana's, complete with an egg hunt that you really enjoyed in her front yard. Papa Junior didn't get to see us much while we were there because he had a problem with his ankle that made him go to the hospital. He's getting better now.
Daddy got a new car just before we went to Nana's to pick you up/spend his birthday weekend. It's all electric and really fun to drive. We would have taken it there, but it only has a range of about 65 miles per charge, thus not at practical for more than city driving. You love it, too, probably because you love cars and can see out the windows really well in it.
You're really getting great at reading; it's amazing how many words you know now! You are becoming more articulate and asking clearer questions.
Just the other day, you decided you like "Futurama", thanks to seeing a scene where Bender is chanting "Bender, Bender, Bender!" You thought this was hilarious and since it's animated, you kept on watching. You even requested to watch more episodes after that one was over. For some reason, though, you repeat the chant as "Fender, Fender, Fender!". Silly boy.
You were supposed to start taking an art class tomorrow, but it got canceled due to low enrollment :( Hopefully the other classes mommy signed you up for will not have the same fate.
There's plenty more to tell, but mommy's getting sleepy. Night night and love you lots :)
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Long jumper
Lately you have decided that you have to test how far you can long jump (much to mommy's delight and dismay, as she fears for injuries...) It started with jumping over daddy's Muppet throw blanket, I think, and has happened in different forms every day since. Today, you lined up some of your toys in a row to jump over, as if you were a monster truck jumping them lol.
Kevin reported the following story happened while I was gone:
In Kevin's room--he wrote the letter "W" on a piece of paper. You told him it was "W", and he said you were right, then continued with "X", then "Y", then "Z". Then Kevin said, "Ok, now say all of them," and without missing a beat, you said, "all of them". LOL!!
Kevin reported the following story happened while I was gone:
In Kevin's room--he wrote the letter "W" on a piece of paper. You told him it was "W", and he said you were right, then continued with "X", then "Y", then "Z". Then Kevin said, "Ok, now say all of them," and without missing a beat, you said, "all of them". LOL!!
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