Sunday, September 17, 2006
Hand Socks
Today is Sunday. All day Sat. and Sun., Tyler has been putting socks on his hands with Uncle Rick. I don’t know why, but that is what he’s doing. :)
Monday, September 11, 2006
Sensitive Boy
Saturday morning (9/9), Tyler and I were watching Little Bear. I believe this is his favorite show because he really watches it intently. The episode this morning was about how Father Bear (who is a fisherman, so is out to sea for long periods of time) had told him before leaving for his fishing trip, to look at the moon each night, and he would look as well, and they could both say goodnight to each other while looking at the moon. So, Mother Bear and Little Bear are outside, and he ends up just wishing on a star because the moon hasn’t come up yet. Finally, Mother Bear says that the moon must be sleeping because it is not out, and it is time for bed anyway. So, she puts him to bed, and as he is laying there, all of a sudden, there is the moon outside his window. So he jumps up out of the bed, looks at the moon, and says “Goodnight Father Bear.” Then it shows Father Bear on his fishing boat, looking at the same moon, and he says, “Goodnight Little Bear.” and at that point, I’m starting to get a little choked up. I looked at Tyler, and I said, “Awww, that was so sweet, wasn’t it?” He says, “Sad…” (This Absolutely Amazed Me) I said, “Why is it sad? Because Father Bear is out on the ship working?” He said, “Yes.” I couldn’t believe that at the age of 2-1/2 he could watch a show like that, and get the feeling of sadness from it. That tells me he is going to be a very sensitive person. That’s a good thing. What a sweet boy I have.
Friday, September 08, 2006
Tyler's first sleepover
Robert, Rick, and I went to Shreveport this weekend, and Tyler stayed with Nana and Poppy for the weekend. It was his first sleepover at Nana’s house, so Nana kept a journal. Here are her entries for the weekend, in blue:
Day 1 – Friday 9/1:
When I got home from work, Tyler was outside with Poppy. He came in and played in his room for a bit while I changed clothes. Tyler brought his potty seat into my bathroom so when he has to go, it’ll be ready! Yay!! Then, I started making the homemade French fries and fried up the ham that Mom left (so it wouldn’t go bad). I fixed some veggie cous-cous so that Tyler and Ga-Ga could try it. I heated up the lima beans too. Meanwhile, Tyler was in the pool out back with Poppy. When dinner was just about done, in comes Tyler, butt naked! I dried him off and got his fresh diaper on. He wanted to play in the kitchen, but Nana said no because of the hot stove. I fixed his plate and he got up into his high chair…ready to eat. I gave him his plate and he started in. I gave him a spoon and a fork…he needed the spoon for the cous-cous. Well, he tried it and scattered it all around his plate. Not too happy. I tried mine and said “I don’t like this very much.” He immediately said “I don’t either!” So…I took his plate and washed off all the cous-cous that was on everything else (he had complained about that…”cous-cous all over!”) He proceeded to finish his dinner with no problem. He went back into his room and trashed it! Well…we’ll get THAT all cleaned up! Then I washed the pans and started the dishwasher. Meanwhile, he wanted his nails done. Poppy did his nails. Then he wanted his toenails done. Poppy did that. Poppy put the Tinactin on his toes and complained that I should get the powder kind that won’t leave his feet wet (bacteria grows in ‘wet’. Tomorrow, I’ll get some powder Micatin for Poppy and he’ll use that on baby’s feet. ;-) Now, the two of them are having ice cream (he had his big cookie btw, since he ate his dinner). It’s now a quarter to 8, so it’s time to get the boy clean, brush his teeth, read him some new books, and put him into his new bed! First, WE will clean up his book rack and other toys...too numerous to mention. We also marked off Friday on the calendar so he can keep track of when it is that Mom will be back. Nighty night!
Addendum to Nighty-night:
Tyler must've given me 50 kisses..."Wait! Don't go Nana! Kiss...Kiss" then he started to hyperventilate and saying he didn't like his bed. He followed me into the living room, mumbling something about the sofa. He crawled up there...I put on Nick and lo and behold there were cartoons. This was about 9 pm. He tossed and turned and finally took Bunny's ears and started rubbing them on his cheek. Fighting sleep, he finally let it go and went to sleep. I took three pictures: two of him sprawled out and one of his EMPTY bed. Carole can upload them when she gets back. Poor baby. I'll let him sleep and then carry his lard butt into his bed. Wanna bet he ends up in MY bed??? Me, Fred, Tyler, and ALL the cats!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, nighty-night! He's such a sensitive little boy. He'll do better tomorrow night.
Day 2 - Saturday, 9/2:
Today started at 6:05 am, Tyler slept in! We had gotten up the usual time...3:30am or 4. I fixed him french toast and he ate 3/4 of it. By 9:30 we were on our way to Wal-Mart to get the shopping done. We were both disappointed that there wasn't a single balloon at the bank! Can you believe that?!?! So, we got the shopping done...taco stuff for tonight and the stuff for chili rellenos tomorrow...just stuff! He was showing signs of getting tired...laying over on his bunny in the cart. He _did_ enjoy the kielbasa sausage on a thin pretzel that the nice lady was giving away. On the way home, he began to lean that old familiar lean...the 5-minute power nap. I tried my darndest to keep him awake, radio blasting, etc., to no avail. We got home and I took his lard butt outta the car and carried him to his bed. Of course, he immediately got up and came telling me that he had to poop! Onto the toilet he went...farted and I said "Is that it?" and he says "Yes"...I said "Some poop..." Well, he was up then. I fed him some lasagna and was satisfied he was full. I had eaten zero at this point. Oh well. I had forgotten to take not only the garage opener, but the keys to Mom's house as well. Off I went to check on Mandy and Misty and to see if Ops had come home. Both lazy butts were in Carole's bed...looked at me like I ruined their party. I opened a can of food and put it down. Ya think they came? Hell no. I went out back and called Ops...called and called. No Ops. I went and got the mail and then checked the answer phone. There was one message from an Asian lady from 8:07 this morning saying that she saw a cat, while walking her dog, that looked like the poster of Ops. She had the house number, but no street name. Great! I called Carole and we were trying to figure out where the Hell she was talking about. Needless to say, I drove up and down where we *thought* it might be and I saw no cat at all. Got home and it was 12:30. I figured that it was time for Tyler's nap. I got him into his room and told him to lay down and close his eyes. Well, it was nearly 1:05 before the jabbering stopped and then silence. He slept until 4:05 and got up all lager-headed...too much sleep. I fixed dinner while Tyler and Poppy were out back in the pool and playing around with the football. I got his plate ready, gave it to him and he immediately handed me the plate and said he didn''t want tacos. I said "Well, what would you like?" I knew there was a can of beany-weenies and suggested that and he said "Yes". So, we had dinner and then it was ice cream time! He and Poppy had vanilla with chocolate syrup and Momma and I had Key Lime Pie ice cream. Tyler kept saying YUMMY! Now he's running around like a fire's under his butt! God old sugar rush. I would imagine that he will stay up with Nana again tonight and I'll carry him into bed. He's so damned cute and so damned smart! You should see this kid throw and spiral with his football! He traced both of his feet too and so did Poppy. They have matching chalk outlines! What a great holiday this has been! We checked off another day tonight...Mom is back tomorrow. Mom, btw, hit for $1000.00 today! Dayummmm! I told her to cash it in and put it away! I gamble like I play Monopoly, always saving $500 at a time for reserve. Always want to keep that nest-egg! More tomorrow!
Day 3 – Sunday 9/3:
Tyler did the same thing as the night before...didn't want the bed, but the sofa. Momma and I were still up, so that was fine. When he was sufficiently asleep (or so I thought), I picked him up and headed for the bed. He wasn't and proceeded to run back to the sofa. That was fine...really. By 10:15, I tried again and when I put him in his bed, he said "sofa..." I said NO and he promptly went to sleep. Apparently, Tyler had a bad dream this morning. At 3 o'clock, we were awoken with screams "MAMA - NANA - MAMA - NANA!" I got up and went in there. He wasn't crying per se, just kinda disoriented (we all were). To make a long story short, I took him into bed with Fred and I and went back to sleep. So, between 5:30 and 6 this morning, I heard Momma asking if I was up. Duh! So I gathered my wits and went to her room. It seems that yet again, Tyler had opened her door...saw she was asleep...and loudly closed the door. I asked her if she needed me to do something for her and she said no...that Tyler was up. Again...Duh! Fred said he wanted to brush his teeth...ahem, Carole...don't introduce him to baking soda. ;-) I told Fred to give him yogurt (he already had his juice poured). Well, after getting it opened and going through the "no bib" scenario, he didn't want that at all. He wanted applesauce. So, I fed him the applesauce.
By the way, Tyler invented a new game that he loves to play! The empty instant tea container - that holds his letters - gets put in front of the fan on the patio and rolls nearly all the way to the garage opening! He discovered this yesterday! Little Mr. Inventor!
All in all, I think Tyler, Nana, and Poppy had a great time. The only thing that I struggled with was getting him to sleep the night we got back, then the next day for his nap. I had to keep putting him back in his bed, over and over again, and he was raising a fit. He kept wanting to go to the couch, and I kept telling him no, and putting him back in the bed. It wasn’t a big deal though because that only lasted two times…. the first night, then the next day for nap. He is totally back to his usual routine now. I’m so glad that they all had a good time and were able to spend some quality time together, and I so appreciate them watching him for the weekend. It was good to get away for a couple of days, but I did miss Tyler. I would see a kid somewhere, and that really made me miss him.
I don't know why Blogger is not letting me upload pictures. I'll try again later I suppose.
UPDATE: It is STILL not letting me upload pictures. WTF???
Day 1 – Friday 9/1:
When I got home from work, Tyler was outside with Poppy. He came in and played in his room for a bit while I changed clothes. Tyler brought his potty seat into my bathroom so when he has to go, it’ll be ready! Yay!! Then, I started making the homemade French fries and fried up the ham that Mom left (so it wouldn’t go bad). I fixed some veggie cous-cous so that Tyler and Ga-Ga could try it. I heated up the lima beans too. Meanwhile, Tyler was in the pool out back with Poppy. When dinner was just about done, in comes Tyler, butt naked! I dried him off and got his fresh diaper on. He wanted to play in the kitchen, but Nana said no because of the hot stove. I fixed his plate and he got up into his high chair…ready to eat. I gave him his plate and he started in. I gave him a spoon and a fork…he needed the spoon for the cous-cous. Well, he tried it and scattered it all around his plate. Not too happy. I tried mine and said “I don’t like this very much.” He immediately said “I don’t either!” So…I took his plate and washed off all the cous-cous that was on everything else (he had complained about that…”cous-cous all over!”) He proceeded to finish his dinner with no problem. He went back into his room and trashed it! Well…we’ll get THAT all cleaned up! Then I washed the pans and started the dishwasher. Meanwhile, he wanted his nails done. Poppy did his nails. Then he wanted his toenails done. Poppy did that. Poppy put the Tinactin on his toes and complained that I should get the powder kind that won’t leave his feet wet (bacteria grows in ‘wet’. Tomorrow, I’ll get some powder Micatin for Poppy and he’ll use that on baby’s feet. ;-) Now, the two of them are having ice cream (he had his big cookie btw, since he ate his dinner). It’s now a quarter to 8, so it’s time to get the boy clean, brush his teeth, read him some new books, and put him into his new bed! First, WE will clean up his book rack and other toys...too numerous to mention. We also marked off Friday on the calendar so he can keep track of when it is that Mom will be back. Nighty night!
Addendum to Nighty-night:
Tyler must've given me 50 kisses..."Wait! Don't go Nana! Kiss...Kiss" then he started to hyperventilate and saying he didn't like his bed. He followed me into the living room, mumbling something about the sofa. He crawled up there...I put on Nick and lo and behold there were cartoons. This was about 9 pm. He tossed and turned and finally took Bunny's ears and started rubbing them on his cheek. Fighting sleep, he finally let it go and went to sleep. I took three pictures: two of him sprawled out and one of his EMPTY bed. Carole can upload them when she gets back. Poor baby. I'll let him sleep and then carry his lard butt into his bed. Wanna bet he ends up in MY bed??? Me, Fred, Tyler, and ALL the cats!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, nighty-night! He's such a sensitive little boy. He'll do better tomorrow night.
Day 2 - Saturday, 9/2:
Today started at 6:05 am, Tyler slept in! We had gotten up the usual time...3:30am or 4. I fixed him french toast and he ate 3/4 of it. By 9:30 we were on our way to Wal-Mart to get the shopping done. We were both disappointed that there wasn't a single balloon at the bank! Can you believe that?!?! So, we got the shopping done...taco stuff for tonight and the stuff for chili rellenos tomorrow...just stuff! He was showing signs of getting tired...laying over on his bunny in the cart. He _did_ enjoy the kielbasa sausage on a thin pretzel that the nice lady was giving away. On the way home, he began to lean that old familiar lean...the 5-minute power nap. I tried my darndest to keep him awake, radio blasting, etc., to no avail. We got home and I took his lard butt outta the car and carried him to his bed. Of course, he immediately got up and came telling me that he had to poop! Onto the toilet he went...farted and I said "Is that it?" and he says "Yes"...I said "Some poop..." Well, he was up then. I fed him some lasagna and was satisfied he was full. I had eaten zero at this point. Oh well. I had forgotten to take not only the garage opener, but the keys to Mom's house as well. Off I went to check on Mandy and Misty and to see if Ops had come home. Both lazy butts were in Carole's bed...looked at me like I ruined their party. I opened a can of food and put it down. Ya think they came? Hell no. I went out back and called Ops...called and called. No Ops. I went and got the mail and then checked the answer phone. There was one message from an Asian lady from 8:07 this morning saying that she saw a cat, while walking her dog, that looked like the poster of Ops. She had the house number, but no street name. Great! I called Carole and we were trying to figure out where the Hell she was talking about. Needless to say, I drove up and down where we *thought* it might be and I saw no cat at all. Got home and it was 12:30. I figured that it was time for Tyler's nap. I got him into his room and told him to lay down and close his eyes. Well, it was nearly 1:05 before the jabbering stopped and then silence. He slept until 4:05 and got up all lager-headed...too much sleep. I fixed dinner while Tyler and Poppy were out back in the pool and playing around with the football. I got his plate ready, gave it to him and he immediately handed me the plate and said he didn''t want tacos. I said "Well, what would you like?" I knew there was a can of beany-weenies and suggested that and he said "Yes". So, we had dinner and then it was ice cream time! He and Poppy had vanilla with chocolate syrup and Momma and I had Key Lime Pie ice cream. Tyler kept saying YUMMY! Now he's running around like a fire's under his butt! God old sugar rush. I would imagine that he will stay up with Nana again tonight and I'll carry him into bed. He's so damned cute and so damned smart! You should see this kid throw and spiral with his football! He traced both of his feet too and so did Poppy. They have matching chalk outlines! What a great holiday this has been! We checked off another day tonight...Mom is back tomorrow. Mom, btw, hit for $1000.00 today! Dayummmm! I told her to cash it in and put it away! I gamble like I play Monopoly, always saving $500 at a time for reserve. Always want to keep that nest-egg! More tomorrow!
Day 3 – Sunday 9/3:
Tyler did the same thing as the night before...didn't want the bed, but the sofa. Momma and I were still up, so that was fine. When he was sufficiently asleep (or so I thought), I picked him up and headed for the bed. He wasn't and proceeded to run back to the sofa. That was fine...really. By 10:15, I tried again and when I put him in his bed, he said "sofa..." I said NO and he promptly went to sleep. Apparently, Tyler had a bad dream this morning. At 3 o'clock, we were awoken with screams "MAMA - NANA - MAMA - NANA!" I got up and went in there. He wasn't crying per se, just kinda disoriented (we all were). To make a long story short, I took him into bed with Fred and I and went back to sleep. So, between 5:30 and 6 this morning, I heard Momma asking if I was up. Duh! So I gathered my wits and went to her room. It seems that yet again, Tyler had opened her door...saw she was asleep...and loudly closed the door. I asked her if she needed me to do something for her and she said no...that Tyler was up. Again...Duh! Fred said he wanted to brush his teeth...ahem, Carole...don't introduce him to baking soda. ;-) I told Fred to give him yogurt (he already had his juice poured). Well, after getting it opened and going through the "no bib" scenario, he didn't want that at all. He wanted applesauce. So, I fed him the applesauce.
By the way, Tyler invented a new game that he loves to play! The empty instant tea container - that holds his letters - gets put in front of the fan on the patio and rolls nearly all the way to the garage opening! He discovered this yesterday! Little Mr. Inventor!
All in all, I think Tyler, Nana, and Poppy had a great time. The only thing that I struggled with was getting him to sleep the night we got back, then the next day for his nap. I had to keep putting him back in his bed, over and over again, and he was raising a fit. He kept wanting to go to the couch, and I kept telling him no, and putting him back in the bed. It wasn’t a big deal though because that only lasted two times…. the first night, then the next day for nap. He is totally back to his usual routine now. I’m so glad that they all had a good time and were able to spend some quality time together, and I so appreciate them watching him for the weekend. It was good to get away for a couple of days, but I did miss Tyler. I would see a kid somewhere, and that really made me miss him.
I don't know why Blogger is not letting me upload pictures. I'll try again later I suppose.
UPDATE: It is STILL not letting me upload pictures. WTF???
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