Chickie Has Arrived

Week in Rewind: Nov 26

There's a lot to be thankful for with this family. We celebrated yesterday with good food and family. The little guy is one lucky kid with an amazing family who loves him deeply.  And yes Great Grand mom still makes a rockin gravy. It was a little sad not to have my side of the family here...but we'll see them soon.  Another successful Thanksgiving in the book

And now on action news, the little guy has a cousin to wreak havoc with. They played trains, ran around the house and giggled all over the place. Super cute to watch...not so fun to clean up after. The little guy is still struggling with "you get the toy out...you put it back". But we managed through it and somehow, someway he was able to put them away.....if only it didn't take a act of god to convince him to do it!

Top 10 Things The Little Guy is Thankful for:

Daddy and Mommy
The Girls, especially Bella
Grandparents and Family
For Chickie the Elf (mommy too buddy)
For Santa giving lots of toys for Christmas
Watching Rescue Bots
Being able to make pictures for mommy and daddy
Buddies at school
Being able to sleep with his stuffed animals
His nice warm house

Week in Rewind: Nov 21

This time of year always seems to go quickly. Last weekend, we headed to the mall for a few things.  And it was busy. The little guy seemed to love the energy. He hopped from one store to another. And somehow ended up with a totally cool, Batman teddy. 

This week also saw the little guy earn a new belt in karate. We've come along way since he refused to do any drills. Now he's first in line. And who knew how flexible.  The boy's got game

We also found out that we have some pretty tough dogs. Mattie with an ear infection in both ears, wonderful. But poor Bella takes the cake. 9 teeth pulled and a very sore pup afterwards.  And Trojan, nothing really wrong except wants to eat everything in sight and is pretty emphatic about it....darn you holiday pounds. 

I'll end on a cute story. The little guy colored a big picture for daddy. After he finished, he came over to me and said "now mommy if you're on best behavior, I'll color one for you". 

Week in Rewind: Nov 19

Don't you love warm, fall days!  We've been lucky to have an amazingly beautiful couple of days. Warm sun, slight breeze, colorful scenery....but with a polar freeze upon us, these days are numbered. So with that in mind, we made the most of it. 

Miniature golf, yes please. 

Swinging like a monkey, yes please.  

Climbing a small mountain, yes please

Preparing the deck for winter, I guess, it has to be done...sigh

So, lately someone is totally into role playing. I mean, a boy can't take the swing apart without a hard hat. And he loves to be paw patrol or robo bots. In fact, he proudly announced that when he grows up, he wants to be Optimus Prime.  Now Mommy, in all her wisdom had no idea about this Optimus Prime person/thing...but from what I gather it's a big deal in the transformer world. Do you know how hard it is to walk out of Toys R Us with said Optimus...all with the little guy shopping for cousin and friend's birthday gifts. Luckily for me, the boy is easily distracted by ALL TOYS.  And trust me, he's pretty sure that he needs ALL TOYS. 

Which leads me to Christmas. Me thinks the day of saying just get him a car or firetruck are long gone....somehow, the boy has been totally commercialized and wants to make a detailed list for Santa. Darn you retail shopping and those mind numbing, addictive ads!  And don't get me started with Christmas decorations before Halloween, really??? Good Grief Charlie Brown. 

Finally, we celebrated a totally awesome Grandmom's birthday last weekend.  The little guy is really, really lucky to have such a wonderful person in his life. 

Week in Rewind: Nov 7

This week features a look back at items that didn't make the initial week's cut. 

First off, a trip to the dentist office. Mommy picked up her retainers after karate a few weeks ago....which meant a trip with the little guy.  Someone was a huge hit...they hadn't seen him since he first arrived.  That didn't stop him from showing his personality. "Mommy, open your mouth so I can see your teeth". Or, "what's this light for" as he swung it all around.  We'll see how good he is when it's his turn in the chair...

Soccer. Soccer. Soccer. Yes, we finally made it to the end and with little incidents.  Ok, a few but they were minor. The important point, the boy earned his certificate and may be ready for bigger boy soccer next year. Prayers Up!

Thank you to an awesome aunt and uncle for Mommy's  birthday gift. Someone found the Buckeyes..and is a big fan. He tore that wrapper off in record time. What you don't see, is the chocolate drool that soon followed.  Dentist anyone?

One thing that is really cool about the little guy getting older (besides his totally awesome stories) is the art work. He came home proudly emphasizing that he had a picture for me. Pretty good, no!  Now, I really hope that's not a self portrait because it does say mommy on it.