The Many Faces of Collin.

Late one night I was sitting up and I came across an album my mom has on her Facebook page. It was titled: The Many Faces of Collin.

And that got me thinking: And I decided we should all see the many faces of Collin for ourselves!

Collin's Favorites

While I was sitting down getting some work done I over heard a conversation between Collin and daddy today that was really fun to listen to. The conversation was all about what were Collin's favorite things.

This is what I learned are Collin's favorites:

Color: Blue and Pink
Food: Chicken Nuggets and French Fries
Drink: Tea and Apple Juice
Toy: Superman and ALL his Ninja Turtle toys
TV Show: Spiderman
Movie: Superman (Man of Steel, he just saw that in the theaters for the first time Saturday Night.)
Friend: Jackson and Jack
Underwear (don't ask me why this question came up): Superman and Batman
Sport: Baseball and Football
Place to go: A movie theater and wal-mart ( this kid is nuts!)
Time of day: Bed time (I don't think I really believe that one!)
Story: Superhero story and Batman story
Bible Story: David and Goliath
Candy: Superman

After hearing this conversation I realized that I need to spend more time talking with my amazing kid. I already knew a lot of these things but to be honest there are several on that list that I had no idea about. Stay tuned as I continue to add to this list in the next few days!

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!