Author: Mom

Today started VERY early for me. Up before the sun and Mommy tried to get me to stop turning on my light (by moving my crib off of the wall). She gave up after a few minutes and I was up for the day. Daddy took me on a wagon ride to the park at the end of the street. I showed Daddy how to put pineneedles into holes. Daddy found it cute that I raise my arms in the air and say “TADA!” whenever I do something I think is cool.

When we got back Mommy was all dressed and whisked me into the car and we picked up Grandma Susie and went to breakfast at CrackerBarrel then we drove to Howie-In-The-Hills for a surprise birthday lunch for my Great Uncle John (Mommy’s Uncle John). It was loads of fun, especially since a lot of my extended cousins were there too! Nick, Spencer and I shared and played with our Thomas trains. We all shared very well… for the most part. Spencer and I enjoyed washing the trains in a HUGE fountainand SPLASHING TOO! Mommy wasn’t impressed that i was SOAKING wet, secretly I think she was!

Spencer turns two this week… he is the one in the dark blue shirt. Nick, who is 3, is in the red striped shirt.
They are both Mommy’s Cousin Wendy’s kids.

I survived a LONG lunch and stayed in my highchair for nearly 2 hours! WOW! I should get an award for that! I even ate my veggies! I guess I was hungry today.

I got a bit scared by Mommy’s Cousin Kathie. I was just tired…

Afterwards we drove home and picked up Daddy and went out to Mexican. (We hope the kitchen is up and going soon…we are ALL tired of eating out!) I ate rice! I decided this week that I like rice. Mommy and Daddy are just happy that I am actually eating something other than applesauce and yogurt for a change. On the way home we stopped at the fair/carnival that is set up at Countryside Mall. Mommy and Daddy played a few games and won me a stuffed dog, a pig that oinks and a blowup dolphin. I really liked hugging the puppy dog.

I am completely exhausted as I only took a short 30 min nap in the car at 10am so I am off to bed now.

Don’t forget to change your clocks tonight. Mommy is hoping for 8am wake-up or later.

Nighty night all.

Hehe, well not really. Today I awoke from my nap a bit early and Mommy & Daddy never came to get me (they say it was because I never called for them). So, I opted to escape from my room! I managed to open my door and was in laying on Mommy & Daddy’s bed with a bunch of my Lumpys. Well, Mommy didn’t know I had played Houdini. She was in the bathroom washing paint off of her feet and noticed my door was open… then she went searching. What a crazy kid I am. Now there is this THING over my doorknob. I just can’t seem to open it anymore. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted! Tomorrow I try to conquer that THING on my doorknob! 🙂

Today I got new pajamas… Little Einsteins! 🙂 Way cool! I also got a Little Einsteins raincoat and umbrella. I took the umbrella everywhere today! I really like it. I also played with my “E-I-E-I-O” (farmhouse with animals… I like the Old McDonald song). I misplaced the cow and Mommy found it for me then i wanted the YAK! Mommy dug for a while and finally found a YAK for me to play with… I am a goof sometimes! 🙂

Another example of the goofiness I provide in Mommy’s day: We were at Gymboree free play today and I kept saying “wobby” “wobby” “water wobby”. It took Mommy a few minutes to process that I wanted to go into the “LOBBY” and have “water”. Ahhhh, the light-bulb turned on! 🙂

Sometimes I can be a pill but then I provide Mommy & Daddy with giggles and smiles and they forget that I was biting and hitting all day!

Such a good boy am I.

Here are some pictures of the kitchen in progress. Slow progress but picking up the pace. Yesterday they got the mud up and today they skim coat and texture the walls. Mommy & Daddy can paint tonight (hopefully!!!). Then tomorrow…the cabinets!!! YIPPIE! It appears that I may actually be able to return to my play area in the NEAR future! 🙂

Right now, as you can see, it is a toddler un-friendly zone.

Today started out so fun. I got to sleep in until almost 7:30! I was a bit tired and needed to catch up. Mommy decided that storytime at the library might be nice for a change of pace. So we loaded up the minivan and headed to East Lake Library for Toddler Time. It was really neat. There were about 20+ kids there with their mommies. Very crowded for such a little library. I was sitting reading a book called “Dogs” and it suddenly attacked me as I turned the page. Leave it to me to get hurt in a library!!! *sigh* I have a nice set of three gashes above my right eye.

It bled a bunch (as head wounds do!) and freaked out a lot of the mommies and kids at story time. So, since I was really upset, Mommy grabbed the stack of books I had picked out and then grabbed me and headed for the checkout. No storytime for me today. It is okay though. I got to stop at the toy store on the way home and get a new Thomas car and a racetrack for my Hot Wheels. I also got these neat things called Colorforms (mommy said she had Smurf ones when she was little). They are reusable stickers and we all know how much i LOVE stickers! 🙂

Oh, I got a toy rake for $.25! I already raked all the stuff in the back yard I could find to rake!

Well, off to my nap.

PS: Mommy DID let me check out the dog book! 🙂

Well, all my toys are crammed into my room and I am not allowed to play in the living room, kitchen and dining room. Ugh! Mommy & Daddy are having the kitchen remodeled and it is a nightmare on the other side of the pass through door. Mommy has been busy trying to entertain me in new fun ways. This week I got my first Thomas the Train cars. I LOVE them! I am busy making bridges and tunnels out of my books and driving the trains and my Hot Wheels cars through them. I even took my big tumble mat and made a HUGE tunnel that i can waddle through. Cool! 🙂

Mommy & Daddy worked on the kitchen tile on Saturday so I got to spend the day with Grandma Jo and Grandpa Hoooooowwwwwiiiieeeeeeeeeee! I really enjoyed that. We made a fort, I ate jellybeans and watched Dumbo! 🙂 I really liked Dumbo.

The kitchen progress is a bit slower than Mommy & Daddy figured but Daddy is on top of it. He complained to the contractor and things are moving a bit better today. We have a ceiling again in the kitchen! 🙂 YIIIIPPIE! Today they should finish the electrical and insulation and then they need to fix the other pass through door to make it wider. They THINK the cabinets might be able to go in on Thursday, but I am not to optimistic. I don’t think I will ever have my play room back!!! 🙁

In other news, we are getting closer to the Disney Cruise! 🙂 Everything is finalized as far as the excursions Mommy & Daddy are taking me on. I get to ride on a train, eat cheese and see dinosaurs!! (ROAR!) Mommy is still nervous about the flight to Spain with me in tow. I am going to TRY to be good, honest! 🙂

Oh yeah, I get to go to a toga party on the cruise ship! Wicked cool for a almost 2 year old! 🙂 I am going to make Mommy take her laptop when we go so she can help me blog from Italy and France.

Well, that is all for today. I am a bit tired and heading for a nap. New pictures soon of the kitchen. Mommy is a bit lax on it this time because she doesn’t want to be underfoot.