Funnies from the 2-Year-Old

- While we were driving home - we had left my mom's house 5 minutes previous:
Mr. A: "Mama?"
Me: "Yes?"
Mr. A: "Dada?"
DH: "Yes?"
Mr. A - "Rea-yee watch Googles" = "Ready to watch Wiggles"

DH and I were laughing pretty hard because we were trying to see how long we could go without turning the DVD player on. Usually Mr. A just says "Googles," but this time he wanted both of us to listen and make sure we knew that he was ready to go!

One other one: he LOVES the telephone. At my mom's house he wanted to pick it up in every room. We were in the basement during one instance when he picked up the phone and I just held the button down so he could hold the receiver and still think he was talking. He was kind of babbling and then all of a sudden goes, "Juice. Ya. Dee-ya (quesadilla). Ya. Bye-bye." I promise we don't eat takeout much at all. Really.

And, finally, he was being a complete pill at the dinner table (throwing food on the floor, at people, hitting things, etc) so we turned him around in his high chair so he wasn't facing anyone at the table and told him he was in timeout. After crying for a few seconds we hear, "Wuv-you, Wowa Fee-yee (Lola Fely)"; "Wuv-you, guh, guh (BG)" - he was doing anything he could to get those who he knew were much nicer to him than his mom and dad to help him out of his bind. Pretty funny the things these kids think of!

A Visit to CT

The best kitchen helper there is - the spatula licker

With his laughing buddy "Wo-wa Fee-yee"

Ready to cowboy-up with BG!

This past weekend we headed up the road a few hours to see BG (Beautiful Grandma) and Lola Fely (Lola = Grandma in Tagalog). We had a very low-key weekend as Mr. A geared up for his cowboy adventure and spent some time with people we all love very much. Lola Fely spoiled us with her Molasses Cookies (that we ask for every time we visit) and BG made a yummy version of Cafe Rio Chicken Salad. Almost as good as the real thing!! Thank you for spoiling us!

Pooool!

Can't really pose, Mom! Gotta get to the pool!

Ready to jump in - even if you're not ready to catch me!

Mr. A and his teacher, Miss Courtney

Mr. A took a "mommy or daddy and me" swim class every Saturday for the past couple of months. It was a nice wintertime diversion for our resident "fish in the water." His last class was last Saturday so I finally took some pictures. We will miss the time in the water but I will not miss that blasted maternity bathing suit nor te way we reeked of chlorine until we were finally able to take a shower! Summer, are you on your way?? We can hardly wait for you! Well, Mr. A can hardly wait for you. I, on the other hand, will have to look forward to being pool ready in 2009! :)

Laurie

At least that's how she's known at our house. We made a recent discovery (many of you probably already know all about her - thanks for sharing -not! :)) that has since become a daily ritual. I saw Laurie Berkner on "The View" a few weeks ago and recorded her 4 min segment and showed it to Mr. A to see what he thought of her music and dancing (i.e. Marching Dinosaurs). Needless to say, we had a hit on our hands. We have since downloaded her songs, bought her DVD, watched her videos on YouTube, marched to the dinosaurs for at least an hour a day, and only wear dinosaur pjs to bed now thanks to "Torrie" as Mr. A calls her. May she so inspire you and your children. It's actually quite cute.

Best of the Best

I'm not sure where this tradition came from - maybe DH's family did this growing up - I can't quite remember. DH uses it with the young men that he teaches at church (14-16 yr olds) before he gives them a lesson and each Sunday we sit at dinner and give our "best of the best" for the week. Since Mr. A is still a bit young to share his "best" thoughts, we decided they were best captured in photos.



It was too cold to go outside and seemed even colder in the garage, but Mr. A wanted to help out, so I made him put his hat, his jacket, and his socks on to go hang out in his car in the garage. I stopped short of the shoes, but like it even mattered!

Saturday morning = pancakes at our house. Nothing is more fun for Mr. A than helping his dad crack the eggs, stir with the whisk, and see the "pam-pakes" come to life.

Is there anything better than draining the bottle of juice? Really. We had poured the last of it out and he kept asking for it so we gave him the empty bottle and he unscrewed the cap and tipped it up right. So funny.

And, finally, we were so happy for DH's sister and her family to add to their brood! Welcome, Baby B! And, a big congrats to J&B!

The Man!

It's a little on the blurry side, but we had courtside tickets for a college b-ball game this past Saturday and brought Mr. A with us. During the timeouts we would put him down and let him rock out to the music they were playing. As you can see from this shot, he was a dancing fool. The cameraman (in the background) LOVED him and the crowd LOVED him! It was so funny. He was on the JumboTron 3 times and even made it on to the highlights show of the game later on TV. He was so bummed when the timeouts were over saying, "Mo Dance, Mo Dance!" May you always want to dance it out, little man! We love you!

Snow Day

Ready for some serious "pay in snoooow!"

Are we having fun yet?!

When in doubt, look up!!

Believe it or not, this was our first "major" snowstorm of the year - a whopping 4 inches! It was enough to close schools, deter traffic, keep us all at home for the day, and even to keep the trash men away (who would have thought they'd be so wimpy?!). But, it was a lot of fun and Mr. A thoroughly enjoyed making perfect snowballs with his handy dandy snowball maker from Restoration Hardware and then going through the following motions EVERY time - "Thow (throw)!" "Eat" and finally, "Kick" what's left of the snowball. Very boy-ish of him.

If They Weren't So Darn Cute

Tonight's events:
7:10 - Mr. A in bed with footie pajamas on because all of his 2 piece jammies are in the dirty clothes, lights out
7:30 - Finish my dinner and head for the computer
7:45 - Hear Mr. A in his room still talking to himself
7:50 - Hear Mr. A calling, "Mama! Mama! Maaaamaaaa!"
So I go upstairs to remind him it's time to sleep and lie him back down
7:51 - The minute I walk in his room he says, "Mama, Ca-ca" (his term for poop), so I think to myself, "Oh, no wonder he's not sleeping, he's poopy"
7:52 - I pick him up to smell him and he's not smelly but I do note that the carpet is a bit wet in front of his crib and he is only in his onesie - the footie pajamas are on the opposite side of the crib
- I scrounge up some summer 2 piece pjs b/c I decide the footies aren't going to cut it and I lay him down in his crib to put his clothes on
- Once he is lying down I note that without unsnapping his onesie he has removed one side of his diaper and his little "pee pee" is sticking out the side
- I think to myself, "My, aren't you clever."
7:55 - Reality hits - I see the wet bumper pad, feel the wet carpet, and the wet sheet, and realize that my sweet little angel has peed all over his crib bumper, the sheet, his blanket, etc, etc. I want to scream, but I laugh instead.
8:15 - I finally get all of the knots out of the bumper (where it's been tied to the crib since his BIRTH), get the sheets and mattress pad off, put a towel under the new sheet that I finally get on the crib mattress (with a lot of coaxing, I might add - I'm not bending well these days) and put a running-around-like-crazy Mr. A back in his bed for the night (with the one blanket that he didn't pee on).

And, yes, of course DH is out of town. And we're doing this again????? Hmmm...

Vitals

I know this is slightly boring, but before I forget and end up throwing the random piece of paper away, I wanted to record Mr. A's vital stats of his 2 yr. appt (a few weeks ago).

Height: 2' 10.5"
Weight: 27 lbs 2 oz
Head: 19.49" = big brain ha ha

He's not breaking records, by any means (look at the poor kid's parents!), but he's keeping up on the charts, so we're happy about that.

One other stat that we seem to be getting pretty good at:
Diseases picked up at the dr's office while there for a well visit appt (this time) that send us back 2 weeks later: 1 sinus infection (argh).

Phrases of the Week

Please bear with me because I just have to document a few of them while they're fresh. Mr. A is putting all of his words and phrases together now and I love it (I know - a little slow, but getting there nonetheless!).
- Mama - hold- peazz
- Mama, I fy air-pane - mo' air-pane (he was a big fan)
- Cooooooool! (he says it for many things - including when he ran to the window at the airport and saw all of the airplanes lined up at the gates)
- His first little prayer - he fills in the obvious blanks ("fa" for "father," "daddy, mommy, be-be, Nana, Papa, BG, Lola, Grandpa, AAAA-Min"
- A favorite book - "Hush Little Baby"
- Sho-sho, mama out = Mom, get out of the shower (he likes to have it all to himself and he is a SHOWER HOG!!)
- Uv - wu = "Love you"