Mom & Tots

Luke and I just started the Mom and Tots class every Monday morning. It is an hour and half of pure two-year-old heaven! The very first day Luke sat a the playdough table and didn't move. He loved the playdough. These are taken on our third week where he has discovered all the wonderful possibilities in that room. Needless to say, playdough still gets his attention, but only for a minute.

Here he is painting with apples!!!


He is holding his hand up to keep his very enormous watch on.


Now, painting with paintbrushes...but this time, standing up!


Cars. Oh, the joy for a two-year-old boy! That is, until another 2-year-old boy tried to steal that joy. Time out woes shortly followed.

Tools!

Luke made me my favorite breakfast...plastic eggs and air cereal...YUM!!!

After hand-washing, circle time and a snack all the boys and girls go outside!

Luke drives a boat...

and a trike...

waits in line...

and this, I don't know what the heck he is doing...but he is having fun!

Stay tuned...I am sure there will be more Mom & Tots posts to come.

Go Bulldogs!

There he goes. First play of the day! Today he is playing offense. The kids say he is one of the best blockers. I love that he plays hard and tough. He loves the game.

Nick is number 30.

Good game!

Observations While Spinning

Ear Plugs. She wears ear plugs every week and a pretty bow in her hair; maybe she wears the bow so people won't notice those big orange ear plugs. Next to her sits "Bobble-Head." No, other description necessary. Then there is the man who thinks he is Lance Armstrong. In the back corner spins a very fit granny and to her left are some very fake boobs. The Reader. Not sure how he reads and spins but he does...and breaks a sweat. Today there was ass crack. Yes, ass-crack on the bike directly in front of me...talk about distracting! Next to him was a man in a very tight, white t-shirt. I think they may be a couple. They share a water bottle...yep, definitely a couple. To my right is the biggest diamond on a ring I have ever seen! I just want to touch it! Maybe if I become friends with the wearer she'll let me try it on some day. A woman walks in late, she looks like she literally just rolled out of bed and came to class. I think she is actually wearing her pajamas and has the worst bed-head ever! In front of her is a very pretty woman dressed all in black with long sleeves and pants...I wonder if she is too hot in all those clothes. I could never wear long sleeves in spinning class but she isn't even breaking a sweat. Then there is the "HOOT AND HOLLERER!" WHOOO he LOVES this class! But I have say, earplug girl does NOT love him. She shoots him dirty looks every time he howls. The instructor has the body of a twenty-year-old but the lines on her face make me guess she is in her late forties. And finally, a tired looking mom who is having a bad hair day, spins away as hard as her sore legs will let her and entertains herself, to help the brutal hour pass, by people watching. Guess which one is me...

Potty Training Woes...

We are potty training. This may be another excuse I have for not staying on top of blogging. Pretty much every five minutes I hear this sweet little voice say, "Mom, I doe (go) pee pee on the potty?" Sometimes something comes out, which is very exciting, because this means a treat! But usually, nothing happens, which is so very disappointing and frustrated for both of us. For Luke pee-pee on the potty = treat. Which is awesome in his mind...whenever he feels like a treat he asks to go sit on the potty. Which is literally every five minutes! I once made the mistake of saying "no, you don't need to go yet. You just sat on the potty...there is no pee pee in there." Sure enough, he peed in his diaper and became hysterical. I felt awful! He was so distraught!

Okay, plan B...stickers.

Thinking that a lollipop was just too enticing, not to mention too much sugar in one day, I decided to change the reward to stickers. The result, Luke would prefer to go in his diaper than receive a lousy old sticker which just falls off anyway. So where are we? Back to lollipops and sitting on the potty every five minutes. He's starting to figure it out though. As for poo-poo, well, nothing is worth a lollipop plus he gets plenty of those anyway. He prefers to "hide." Here he is in his favorite spot. Notice lollipop in hand...

Third Grader in the House!

And he started school three weeks ago! Have been a very bad blogger lately and I blame facebook! My husband has even noticed and commented that he is sad I haven't been keeping the blog updated. So, I'm back. Jay is back to school...I have no excuses!

Poor Luke is so camera shy. He couldn't stand me taking a picture of just Jay so he jumped in there...I love my boys!!!

End of Summer Fun!

During the last week of summer vacation we met our friends, (friends we don't see nearly enough) at this cool little park on the west side of town. It has a wonderful little water area...


This is Josiah, otherwise known as Jojo. Luke LOVES him but calls him DoDo.

Yes, all boys! Not one girl between the three of us. But Nayibe will have one soon:-).

Luke was freezing but refused to leave the water.