Stay-cation

Last week D had some extra vacation hours that he needed to use, so he took a few days off and I joined him.  We took P to the Discovery Gateway and found a million things that he enjoyed.

Taking a "nap" in the playhouse.

 P also had his first bowling experience.

 And he loved the first 30 minutes, but spent the rest of the time like this...

 We also spent some time up in Ogden where aunt Meg built P the most amazing fort...

 and we went to the Treehouse Children's Museum...and I think we could have left P there for a few hours by himself and he would not have even noticed.  

I wish I had known about these places earlier!  They were so much fun!  

I SO ANGRY!!!

We had just completed a fun afternoon of bowling and were headed to the DQ for a sweet treat when P suddenly started giving me attitude...

I am still trying to figure out why he was so angry with me.  However, today he said he was "so angry" at daddy and when I asked why he said "Daddy makes me so happy". I had to clarify..."You're so angry at daddy because daddy makes you so happy?" Yep. Weirdo.

This boy loves trains

Delicious

Fluffer-nutters...Delicious AND nutritious.

Salt...everywhere

I looked away for 2 minutes to work on the dishes.  I was maybe 4 feet away.  And he was being quiet...like a little angel.

The ironic thing is, when I was in high school I left a salt scene similar to this (but with a snow man in the middle) on the table of a McDonald's in downtown Seattle.  And now I know what it felt like to clean it up.  Karma.

Big Boy Bed Nap Time Success

P recently transitioned into his Big Boy Bed (aka the toddler bed we found in the basement when we bought the house).  To help with the transition, we allowed him to pick out his bedding and put a bed rail on.  He has slept like a champ in the bed from day 1...at night time.  But he has refused to nap in it.  When I put him down for his nap, he explores the room, finds everything that I have not taken out of the room or hidden in the closet, and plays pretend (he currently believes the bed is a car and/or motorcycle and he loves driving it...for his entire nap time).  Finally, after several weeks of trying to get him to take a nap, I went to check on him a few days ago and this is what I found:  

I love that he has his church shoes and hairbrush in the bed, and he is sleeping with his head on Mickey Mouse and his face smashed into the bed rail.  At least he is asleep.  

Old Socks...

The other day P went down for a nap with perfectly normal socks.  When he woke up, this is what they looked like:

I'm starting to think my child is trying to get me fired from my job...

1st Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich

Exercising?

He takes his Wii Fit exercises VERY seriously...

Hide and Seek

P was being extra quite in his room yesterday morning.  Turns out, we were playing hide and seek...and this is where we found him.  He is getting pretty good at this.

On an unrelated note, P has slept in his big boy bed for 3 nights now.  This morning when we went to get him, his light was on and he was sitting contently on the side of his bed.  We hope the light was not on all night, but we might never know.  

First (real) snow of the season

Yep, it's January 23 and we FINALLY had a "snow storm".  P was so excited..."It SNOWING, it SNOWING!!!"  First, P wanted to run through the snow. 

Then he wanted to make it into a ball.

Then he wanted to eat the delicious, pollution filled snow.

As he was enjoying his snack, daddy came home.  P was thrilled.  He picked up the snowball (that we made in advance and saved) and ran to throw the snowball at daddy.  

He could not even wait until daddy got out of the car before he threw it in the car.

I thought it was pretty funny...until he turned on me.  Traitor.

Singing: Attempt #1

P loves to sing.  He sings all the time... in the bath, in the car, while he's playing, when he wakes up in the morning, before he falls asleep every night, while he is eating...  I have been wanting to capture one of his "performances" for months, but every time I pull out the camera he either does this:

or this:

P loves to sing Popcorn Popping, Follow the Prophet, the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme, ABC's, 5 Little Monkeys (jumping on the bed AND swinging in a tree) and the Special Agent Oso theme.  When I try to prompt him (with the camera on), this is what I get:

For those of you not fluent in toddler, that was

"No, now, no, sing "Oso Special"...eat pudding!" which really means "Not now, mother, I don't want to sing "Oso Special".  I want to eat my pudding!"

Who can blame him with delicious pudding in front of him.

I will continue to attempt to capture his lovely singing voice...stay tuned.

Wrestling

Happy New Year!