An afternoon with Daddy

This afternoon, due to unforeseen circumstances, Dusty came home early. He was actually home by about 3 P.M. This was right after Collin woke up from his nap. When he saw daddy walk into the house he was the happiest boy in the entire world.

The schedule for the afternoon was a busy one.

We started with a snack while daddy ate his lunch (he hadn't had a chance to eat yet.)
From there we watched a few T.V shows and relaxed.
Once we got the TV out of our system it was time for me to start cleaning up the kitchen and getting ready for dinner.
That made a perfect opportunity for daddy and Collin to play.
First they caught all the bad guys in the livingroom and got rid of them.
After that they needed to make sure all the bad guys were out of his room.
A hard battle was fought but in the end the dynamic duo of Collin and daddy prevailed!
With the bad guys taken care up then it was time to color.
A brand new superman picture colored by the team is now hanging in the bedroom.

Finally it was time for dinner. Spaghetti and veggies! Yum!
 Bath time immediately followed due to the fact that spaghetti sauce was EVERYWHERE!

The day was topped off with some more snuggling while watching cartoons and a bed time story. All in all I have to say that Collin had a really great afternoon with Daddy.

(I'm not sure who will sleep better after all the adventures but I now they are both pretty tired!)

Happy Birthday to Collin

Well its official. Collin is 3 years old. How that happened I will never know. It seems like just the other day I was rocking him to sleep praying I could get a nap in at some point..


But now here he is:
3 years old
3 feet tall
30 pounds....

wow thats a lot of 3's.

Seriously though he is a great kid. He is happy most of the time. Independent, some time too much so. And he is way to smart for his own good. I love having conversations with him because I never know what is going to come up next.

So in short: I LOVE THIS KID!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY COLLIN!

Lunch time

Today Collin got to practice being a good example. With sister's birthday right around the corner I have been incorporating her in meal times a lot more.  So today when Collin asked if we could eat at his little table for lunch I said sure why not.

Instead of putting RaeLynn in the walker or swing I let her sit at the table with us. 
Collin was the best big brother. He showed her how to sit in her chair and he stayed in his seat the whole time.  He even helped her to be ok with taking her food off her plate.

More and more each day Collin grows into a great and loving big brother!

I think we have it!

What is it?

Potty training.

It has been an interesting process and I'm not saying we are out of the woods completely but I can deffinately see the other side of the forrest.

The unspoken, unofficial goal to be potty trained before 3 was met!

Fishing

Today Collin got to do something he has been begging todo for months now.

Today Collin went fishing! And he absolutely loved it. It was the cutest thing ever to watch him.

He couldn't really get the hang of the casting so either daddy or gramps would cast it out and then Collin would real it back in.

After a little while he decided to take a break from the fishing so I took his shoes off and let him walk in the water. That lasted for about 5 seconds until he started sinking in the sand. That was NOT what he signed up for!  So out of the water and on to his towel he went where he spent the next hour tossing rocks in to the lake.

To say that he was exhausted when we left would be an understatement. He was asleep in his car seat before we even left the lake!

Captian America and John Wayne

When my brother, Sam, who is now 20 years old, was somewhere around Dartanion's age he absolutely loved all things cowboy, First and foremost on that list was John Wayne. Sam wanted so badly to meet John Wayne and ask him all kinds of questions only a 2-3 yr old could ask.

Sam always wanted to know why John Wayne had to die before Sam was able to meet him. He often asked this question of my mother somewhere around 2 in the morning. The conversation, from the way my mom tells it, usually went something like this:

Sam: Mommy, why did John Wayne have to die?

Mom: Because he woke his mommy up at 2 in the morning to ask questions.

Sam: No, that's not it. He died of natural causes.

I for one, tended to find that story rather cute and a little funny. Until I had a 2 year old of my own.

Fast forward 18 or so years and here we are. I have a lively, energetic little boy who has an infatuation of his own. Oh its not cowboys, no...its Superheros. And my dear sweet little boy has figured out all the cool actions that each superhero does.

So now, at 2 AM, the conversations tend to go a bit like this:

D: Mommy, what does Captain America do?

Me: He listens to his mommy and goes to sleep.

D: NO! Captain American spins his shield.

*Just enough silence for me to get almost back asleep*

D: Mommy, what does Superman do?

Me: He gets his rest so he can save the world

D: NO! Superman flies.

And so on. And so on until we have gotten all the way through the range of superheros.

So, now that I'm the mom, can I just say, maybe the stories aren't really all the cute.....or are they?????

Potty Training Update!

I am in shock!

Day 1 was as expected. We had a few accidents. We had a few successful trips to the potty chair but all in all it was looking like this might be a long process.

And then yesterday, a few more successful trips in the morning and then the fight at nap time. I wanted to just put a pull up on him for nap.Dart was having nothing to do with that. He wanted to say in his superman underwear. So, with a sigh and the thought that I would surely be changing his sheets before bed I laid him down for his nap.

Fast forward 2 hours. Nap time is over and here comes a sleepy eyed little boy down the stairs. I go to check to see how wet he was....and....NOTHING. Dry as could be. I was so proud. We had an accident or two in the afternoon but that was mostly my fault because I didn't get him to the bathroom fast enough since I was getting ready to go to class.

And here we are today. This morning while I was getting his coloring pages ready to go we had an accident. One that I wasn't looking forward to cleaning up, if you catch my drift. And then when we were done with our school lessons for the day it was time to go down stairs and hang out. As I was cleaning the kitchen Collin ran in and says to me "Mommy, I want an oreo." (The treat of choice when he goes to the potty)

I tell him, "You know you have to pee pee in the potty to get an oreo."

Dart disappers...2 minutes later

"Mommy I need an oreo please."

"You know you have to pee pee first"

"But Mommy I did!!"

I head to the bathroom and sure enough the potty chair bowl is FULL!! He went in and went to the potty all by himself so he could have his oreo. I know that this doesn't mean we are done with this process but I do know we are at least on the right track!