Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Play-Doh

Playing with play-doh requires great concentration .


Every single solitary piece of play-doh equipment must be laid out on the table regardless of whether you can reach it.

Chase Game

Kyle's new favorite game is chase game. It is an incredibly complex game that involves running around the dining room, into the kitchen and around the island, then into the family room. You do this multiple times...like a hundred. It ends with Brad catching Kyle and log rolling him from the air onto the couch. A picture is worth a thousand words.


Aquarium

We went to the Baltimore Aquarium this past weekend. Kyle and Natalie both had a blast. If you ask Kyle what his favorite thing about the aquarium was he will tell you seeing the Nemo fish and the divers in the tank. Seeing the Nemo fish, or Clownfish for those of you not inundated with Disney, was hilarious. All these little kids are crowded around the small tank screaming "Nemo Nemo" and the poor fish comes out a little and they yell louder and he runs and hides. Kyle was totally enamored with the divers in the tank feeding the fish and liked the frogs and the rain forest too. My camera battery died, so I only got a couple pictures.

Checking out some fish


Kyle said the seahorses were a little stinky


The three legged sea turtle


There are some big fish here

Friday, February 15, 2008

Uh-Oh Accident

I knew we would have one...its a real game of russian roulette though...where will you be when it actually happens? On the playground at school - thats where. We went potty right before class, in the bathroom at school - the one with the really cool small urinals, but I guess it wasn't enough. And apparently when the teachers ask you if you need to go when they take the parade of kids to the bathroom - the answer is no - emphatically no. However, when cold meets boy on the playground, it results in immediate peeing. So, of course when I got there to pick him up (right after playground) he was wet...very very wet. I had prepared for this, or so I thought. I had extra pants, underwear, and socks...but no shoes. Damn the gravity - did you know pee runs downhill...right into the shoes, how come no one told me that? Better luck next time.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Happy Valentines Day

Kyle made this picture at school the other day


When he came home he told me the big heart was his and the little heart was Mommy's. It was really sweet. When Daddy came home, Kyle told him about the hearts for Mommy and Kyle...Brad asked where Daddy's heart was - apparently Daddy doesn't have one. Sorry Daddy, Mommy's rule.

Six days and counting on the underwear wearing...We are super psyched.

Monday, February 11, 2008

Enjoying the Weather

We had a great weekend (up until the ear infection on Sunday). Saturday was beautiful and we got to spend some time playing outside. Kyle has been really into his big wheel lately and loves to ride very fast so Mommy has to chase him. On Saturday he also decided to take his hands off the handlebars and ride with them up in the air - the genes that made him do that are not mine.



On another note, Kyle wore underwear for the first time this weekend...he wore them all day Saturday and Sunday and Monday with just diapers for nap and nighttime. We are all really excited and he now owns more underwear than any child should.

I Love Lucky Charms

And look what Daddy taught me to do when I am finished.




Friday, February 8, 2008

Through The Eyes Of A Child

Since I got a new camera for my birthday we have let Kyle play with the old one. He likes taking pictures and even though most of them are blurry images of the carpet, he has come up with a few interesting ones. Here is a compilation of some of the better ones - life is interesting from his viewpoint.

Personal Intercom System

The baby monitor has become Kyle's personal intercom system and lately he is very into telling stories about how you do something with great detail. So, the other night he was telling me and Brad how the baby monitor worked. It goes something like this (he is holding the monitor like a walkie talkie).

"If you need Mommy or you need anything all you do is say Mommy I have a problem or Mommy I need something and Mommy comes."

After we put him to bed this was the scene. Over the monitor I hear "Mommy I need you." So I went upstairs and he tells me he can't find puppy (one of his main stuffed animals). I begin looking around on the ground and asking him if he tossed puppy out or if puppy fell out of the crib. He says no and then starts saying "Puppy where are you? Where did he go...I don't know where he is". It is about this time that I realize we are now playing hide and seek with puppy. So I lifted up his covers and low and behold there is puppy. Kyle exclaims "Oh there you are puppy" with a huge smile on his face. I tucked him back in and went downstairs.

About twenty minutes later I hear him again - "Mommy I need help, help me Mommy." I tredge up the stairs once again to find Kyle laying in his bed with his pajamas unzipped down to his knee. He looks up at me with these sad eyes and says "I can't zip my jammies." I asked him why they were unzipped and he said "I don't know", then he thought about for a second and said "My knee was itchy." How can you resist?