Zoo Atlanta

P at Zoo Atlanta, Sunday, February 27, 2011

"Nate-Nate" & "Haddie"

This past Sunday we joined the Jenkins Family for an afternoon at Zoo Atlanta. Hadley & Nate-Nate (her nickname for him) are classmates & great friends. Brad & Todd enjoyed a few beers, Laura & I enjoyed a little bit of girl & mommy talk, and Haddie (P's nickname for her) & Nate-Nate enjoyed lots of yummy snacks & the animals.

Backyard Fun

We are welcoming an early Spring at our home. P's slide has been relocated to the back deck along with his toy grill that Santa brought him, and we've been enjoying our afternoon snacks out there while the dogs sunbathe & Todd works on his "Man Cave."

Snow 2011

Yes, I'm late posting this photo, but better late than never.

This photo was taken Monday, January 10, 2011.
This is P's first adventure into the 2011 snow.

What's not to love?

P rearranged this dining room chair following last night's dinner. He didn't like its placement in the corner, so he put it where he thought it belonged... next to Mommy! Makes my heart melt!!

And of course this totally adorable photo follows the ones of P sticking his finger up his nose, propping his foot on the dining room table, chewing with his mouth wide open, and banging his fork, plate & cup on the table. See this post on my 365 blog for the photos of his "boys will be boys" behavior.

"I stuck!"

P opened his closet door, climbed to the top of the box where he now sits, pulled a few diapers out and threw them to the floor, and then proceeded to get stuck. Here he is contemplating his next move. He wound up calling out "I stuck!"

Mommy to the rescue!!!

OSS

P had his first day of Out of School Suspension yesterday. Seems he was pulling a little girl's hair (out!) and hitting a kid or two on the head with a book. Overall, he was not playing nicely. I was already on my way to get him to take him to the doctor's office for an ear infection (which, by the way, I didn't know kids with ear tubes got), so it was not a problem to keep him all day. We are chocking up his bad day to not feeling so well, and after a few long talks last night from both Daddy & me about what is expected, we don't expect any more OSS days.

Christmas 2010

In no particular order, here are some photos from our Christmas season 2010.

Snow on Christmas Day! That hasn't happened in over 100 years! Mommy & P with Uncle Jeff's snowman that was especially built just for P.

My favorite photo of our sitting room Christmas tree. This tree is decorated with Granny's Hummel ornaments & those collected during our marriage.

Sunday, December 19. P & Mommy making ginger snaps & rolled ginger cookies. He cut out all the angels all by himself!

Our little angel playing an angel in his school program. They danced, clapped their hands & stomped their feet to "I wiggle, wiggle, wiggle & I praise the Lord." Too cute!!!

P & Mommy on December 15, the morning of his school program.

Mommy helping P put on the first ornament, his Santa choo-choo train. Friday, November 26. P is 18 months old today!!!

Just a few photos of P's "loot." Santa was very good to him this year.

P got a talking grill & tool set. Santa knew exactly what he would like!

He also got a "learn-to-dress" monkey named Alex, a bulldozer, and a chainsaw.

This is my favorite photo of the living room Christmas tree.

Butt

As in BUTT NAKED!!!

Yesterday morning P greeted me as a butt naked little boy standing in his crib! He went to bed with just a diaper on, but at some point decided even that was overdressed. I called down the hall to Todd so he could see what I was looking at. We both just giggled at that little butt naked boy... & then decided that that was the last time he was going to bed without pajamas on.

P is getting really good at telling us what he doesn't want. He know when & how to use the word "no."

A few weeks ago it was his nap time. He wasn't really feeling like it was naptime even though the clock most definitely said otherwise. I tried for a few minutes to cuddle with him & read his favorite books & sing his favorite songs, but he was being a very wiggly wiggle worm. This is how my attempt to get him to take a nap ended...

P, let's cuddle.

No.

P, let's sing "Here Comes Peter Cottontail" (for the 20th time that afternoon).

No.

P, would you like some juice?

No.

P, would you like to take a nap?

No.

P, would you like to play with Mommy's vacuum?

~silence~ & then he runs down the hall to our bedroom where the vacuum sits.

Apples & Applesauce

October 31, 2010. IHOP.

P loves apples & applesauce. He's being saying apple for about two weeks now, and he's been eating applesauce all by himself since October 30th.