8.19.11

My baby boy is going to be three in 2 weeks. How did this happen? We never really experienced the "terrible twos" with him. He's generally pretty mellow - that doesn't mean we didn't have meltdowns though, they were just short lived and easier to deal with. However, as the "threes" approach, I'm definitely noticing an serious increase in ummm...frustrating behaviour. As they say, three is two with intent. As in, when they were two, they were throwing tantrums because they weren't sure what they wanted, and if they did, they didn't know how to get it across. But at three, they know what they want, how to get it and will throw a tantrum regardless. We also get a lot of NO!!!! and his favorite new pasttime is to "shush" me and Josh. Eg. "Wyatt, you need to clean up your trucks before we eat supper." "SHHHHH! NO! You do it!" I swear, my eyebrows are permanently raised in the "you did NOT just say that" pose. I also do an awful lot of blinking while I think of something mature to say to him, to the point that he asked me if my eyes were hurting yesterday. Yes, as a result of my brain hurting. Thanks for asking, dear.

8.18.11

It was just Paige and I today, Wyatt's daycare provider was back from holidays, and he actually really wanted to go. Which was good, but also very bad because I was hoping to pull him from daycare this month (he goes twice a week), for the rest of my mat leave...it would save us a decent amount of money! Anyway, Paige spent most of the day drooling and gnawing on things (not unlike the dog, actually, but she's much cuter, as evidenced above). I found out that she loves hearing Sophie the Giraffe squeak. :) Almost got a laugh out of her!

8.17.11

Wyatt and his "most favorite" thing to play with....but just for today, I'm sure. Usually he doesn't break out the trains very often, but today he was feeling....inspired. First, he created this long line up of trains. Then he took out his sticker book, and put about 2 stickers on the window (awesome!). He also hid Paige's shoes (which I later found inside his Little People barn), left a cup of milk inside the entertainment unit (thankfully I found that within a few hours) and pulled all his diapers out of the diaper depot on his end table.
Speaking of diapers, I was really hoping not to buy him anymore after this package. I am so done with changing him. But he's so freaking stubborn, it's like trying to teach a pig to sing.

8.16.11

Ha ha ha ha.....oh, I wish I knew what surprises my Paige so consistantly. Maybe it's the wing on the side of her head? No matter what I do, it sticks out. :)

8.15.11

On our way to the mail!

8.14.11

Aaaahhhhh.....I can hardly handle the cuteness in this picture. Like the shirt? 50 cents at the thrift store, and it's Children's Place. Like the Bumbo? $30 from the buy/swap group I started on Facebook. You can't see it, but she's wearing an amber teething necklace that I swapped a jacket for on the same Facebook group. Yay for thriftiness! And cuteness. :)

8.13.11

Last week my parents babysat Wyatt and Paige while Josh and I went to a wedding reception. My mom drew out a hopscotch grid on the driveway, which Wyatt loved, but unfortunately it rained the next day and washed it away. Wyatt had been asking all week for me to draw another one for him, so I did. We drew it in blue, then red, then he had to go over it in yellow. Then he scribbled out the three and asked to go inside. Clearly it's not nearly as much fun with mommy as it is with grandma.