Showing posts with label motherhood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label motherhood. Show all posts
Monday, December 1, 2014
Tae Kwon Do Photos
I have never been so proud in my life to see how far my son has come in Tae Kwon Do! He had the opportunity to get his pictures taken at the Team Chip Center (they only come around once every two years) These pictures are from right before he tested for his Yellow Stripe Belt! Enjoy!
Monday, September 22, 2014
Two Jammies are Better Than One and Bedtime Shenanigans: The Mind of a Toddler
The month of August was definitely an exciting time for Liam and I. As always toddler logic and sayings make life better. Here are some that I was able to record for the month and wanted to share. Please feel free to share any of your own stories about your children so we can all laugh together! As always, thank you for sharing in our life.
Liam and I #reorganized his drawers, he wanted to wear a bunch of clothes we went through. He is currently wearing 3 pairs of pajamas, 2 pairs of socks with his footie jammies and a zip-up hoodie haha
Liam's latest tactic to try to get out of things is to go lay down in his bed and tell me he is taking a nap or he doesn't feel good.
This is most often happening when he is asked to pick up a big mess he made.
Telling him that it must be nap time and then closing the door and saying goodnight usually gets him up and back to cleaning.
Liam's latest bedtime stalling technique includes stuffed animals...
I have been needing to hug and kiss each one, sometimes they want songs, sometimes I need to tell them each good night and sweet dreams...
Liam keeps sneaking new ones into his bed each time I come in.
Suffice it to say that the last encounter included 11 stuffed animals....
This boy is a genius at stalling techniques...
Liam got his first stripe in Taekwondo, I couldn't be prouder.
Every night I have to say goodnight to "somebody else." A lot of nights it's Josselyn (a girl in Liam's class), some nights it is puppy or kitty or bear. Tonight it is digger haha.
Liam is setting up for a birthday party while I finish up my final paper. These leftover birthday supplies have gotten a lot more use than the ones used in his actual birthday party did haha
Liam's new thing at bedtime is that I am not allowed to talk to him above a whisper without getting lectured.
As soon as he is laid down in bed (the first time), if I use a normal voice I get told
"Shh mom, be quiet, people are trying to sleep."
According to Liam we should only communicate in whispers after this time...
Liam just got me good.
He came up to me out of the blue and asked "Mom, are you happy?"
I said "Yes of course I am happy, are you happy?"
He said "No, I need a cookie."
Where does my kid come up with this stuff?
Liam rubbed some lotion on me and said "Smell mom, you smell like Winnie the Pooh"
Luckily all that really means is that it was from a bottle of lotion that had Winnie the Pooh on it.... otherwise I'm not really sure what that would smell like... Honey I hope..
What started out as Liam's dump truck taking a nap and somehow morphed into an enormous blanket nest
My son is currently engaging in pant-less karaoke... Somehow this seems like the best way to do it haha.
Liam is a celebrity, being featured in a local magazine for 2 photos! So awesome.
Well Team Chip sucked us into joining Taekwondo. Liam said "I like it mom, I don't want to be shy", he was so shy during the whole thing, so I gave in and let him try it out for a month. He is loving his uniform
I have a bunch of old pictures that I like to go through on my side table in the living room. Liam just found a picture of auntie Shayna from when she was 4 years old. He asked if he could put it in his room, and now he wants to show auntie thepicture in his room next time she comes over.
Liam and I are watching The Little Mermaid, he never let's me watch more than 10 or 20 minutes of it, so this is the first time that he has ever seen Ursula.
He said "Mom, I don't like the giant."
I said, "Liam, she is an octopus"
He said "no mom, she's is a giant... fee fi fo fum...."
Haha I can't lie that it does kind of fit haha
Liam is currently apprehending a suspect with a power drill. Something tells me they won't get away....
Liam and I put Liam's tent back up in his playroom today. He is so excited to have his "castle" back!
Liam was picking out his clothes this morning and found some Cars jammies in a drawer that have been stored for when he is a bit bigger. He was gone for awhile and as I was about to go check on him he came running into the bathroom with them over his other pajamas. He was quite pleased with himself haha
Liam's teacher at school is moving to a new job and he has been quite distraught about it. So I told him we could make her a going away card. He has been putting his heart and soul into painting and sticker adding this evening.
Liam is currently sitting outside in a chair naked listening to the birds... It's so hilarious I would take a picture, but well you know.
Liam was watching a cartoon that was exploring a dark museum, and I came out of the kitchen to see him peeking out from over a blanket, he told me it was scary, so I went through and pointed out everything so that it wasn't scary anymore, and then he threw the blanket at me.... at least he wasn't scared anymore haha
I got Liam a new blowup pool that was on clearance. Unfortunately I do not own a bike pump, so I just spent over an hour blowing it up by mouth. For good measure Liam would sproadically come squeeze on parts of it to see how it would affect me.
Liam has started singing himself to sleep. It's so adorable, I go to the door and listen. I walked in one time and then it ruined his cool down mode, so now I don't interrupt him. He is such a sweet little boy
The best Friday nights are spent building train tracks with Liam.
We got a care package from grandma and Liam keeps repacking the box up and taking it to the door. He then presses the wall and says "ding dong", pretends to receive a package and saying excitedly "Oh Thank you." Then he unpacks the box jumps around excitedly and enjoys the stuff.
The box is then repacked and it starts all over again. We are on about the tenth time now haha..
Liam and I #reorganized his drawers, he wanted to wear a bunch of clothes we went through. He is currently wearing 3 pairs of pajamas, 2 pairs of socks with his footie jammies and a zip-up hoodie haha
Liam's latest tactic to try to get out of things is to go lay down in his bed and tell me he is taking a nap or he doesn't feel good.
This is most often happening when he is asked to pick up a big mess he made.
Telling him that it must be nap time and then closing the door and saying goodnight usually gets him up and back to cleaning.
Liam's latest bedtime stalling technique includes stuffed animals...
I have been needing to hug and kiss each one, sometimes they want songs, sometimes I need to tell them each good night and sweet dreams...
Liam keeps sneaking new ones into his bed each time I come in.
Suffice it to say that the last encounter included 11 stuffed animals....
This boy is a genius at stalling techniques...
Liam got his first stripe in Taekwondo, I couldn't be prouder.
Every night I have to say goodnight to "somebody else." A lot of nights it's Josselyn (a girl in Liam's class), some nights it is puppy or kitty or bear. Tonight it is digger haha.
Liam is setting up for a birthday party while I finish up my final paper. These leftover birthday supplies have gotten a lot more use than the ones used in his actual birthday party did haha
Liam's new thing at bedtime is that I am not allowed to talk to him above a whisper without getting lectured.
As soon as he is laid down in bed (the first time), if I use a normal voice I get told
"Shh mom, be quiet, people are trying to sleep."
According to Liam we should only communicate in whispers after this time...
Liam just got me good.
He came up to me out of the blue and asked "Mom, are you happy?"
I said "Yes of course I am happy, are you happy?"
He said "No, I need a cookie."
Where does my kid come up with this stuff?
Liam rubbed some lotion on me and said "Smell mom, you smell like Winnie the Pooh"
Luckily all that really means is that it was from a bottle of lotion that had Winnie the Pooh on it.... otherwise I'm not really sure what that would smell like... Honey I hope..
What started out as Liam's dump truck taking a nap and somehow morphed into an enormous blanket nest
My son is currently engaging in pant-less karaoke... Somehow this seems like the best way to do it haha.
Liam is a celebrity, being featured in a local magazine for 2 photos! So awesome.
Well Team Chip sucked us into joining Taekwondo. Liam said "I like it mom, I don't want to be shy", he was so shy during the whole thing, so I gave in and let him try it out for a month. He is loving his uniform
I have a bunch of old pictures that I like to go through on my side table in the living room. Liam just found a picture of auntie Shayna from when she was 4 years old. He asked if he could put it in his room, and now he wants to show auntie thepicture in his room next time she comes over.
Liam and I are watching The Little Mermaid, he never let's me watch more than 10 or 20 minutes of it, so this is the first time that he has ever seen Ursula.
He said "Mom, I don't like the giant."
I said, "Liam, she is an octopus"
He said "no mom, she's is a giant... fee fi fo fum...."
Haha I can't lie that it does kind of fit haha
Liam is currently apprehending a suspect with a power drill. Something tells me they won't get away....
Liam and I put Liam's tent back up in his playroom today. He is so excited to have his "castle" back!
Liam was picking out his clothes this morning and found some Cars jammies in a drawer that have been stored for when he is a bit bigger. He was gone for awhile and as I was about to go check on him he came running into the bathroom with them over his other pajamas. He was quite pleased with himself haha
Liam's teacher at school is moving to a new job and he has been quite distraught about it. So I told him we could make her a going away card. He has been putting his heart and soul into painting and sticker adding this evening.
Liam is currently sitting outside in a chair naked listening to the birds... It's so hilarious I would take a picture, but well you know.
Liam was watching a cartoon that was exploring a dark museum, and I came out of the kitchen to see him peeking out from over a blanket, he told me it was scary, so I went through and pointed out everything so that it wasn't scary anymore, and then he threw the blanket at me.... at least he wasn't scared anymore haha
I got Liam a new blowup pool that was on clearance. Unfortunately I do not own a bike pump, so I just spent over an hour blowing it up by mouth. For good measure Liam would sproadically come squeeze on parts of it to see how it would affect me.
Liam has started singing himself to sleep. It's so adorable, I go to the door and listen. I walked in one time and then it ruined his cool down mode, so now I don't interrupt him. He is such a sweet little boy
The best Friday nights are spent building train tracks with Liam.
We got a care package from grandma and Liam keeps repacking the box up and taking it to the door. He then presses the wall and says "ding dong", pretends to receive a package and saying excitedly "Oh Thank you." Then he unpacks the box jumps around excitedly and enjoys the stuff.
The box is then repacked and it starts all over again. We are on about the tenth time now haha..
If you would like to check out previous editions of The Mind of Toddler click the links:
Boxes, Grandma, and Train Tracks July 2014
Mommy's Best Friend: June 2014
Character Antics: May 2014
The Exciting Why Stage: April 2014
Strange Bedtime Requests: March 2014
Timeouts Reign Supreme: February 2014
Random Toddler Moments: January 2014
Random Toddler Moments: December 2013
Taking Credit Where Credit is Due
Mommy's Best Friend: June 2014
Character Antics: May 2014
The Exciting Why Stage: April 2014
Strange Bedtime Requests: March 2014
Timeouts Reign Supreme: February 2014
Random Toddler Moments: January 2014
Random Toddler Moments: December 2013
Taking Credit Where Credit is Due
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Boxes, Grandma and Train Tracks: The Mind of a Toddler
July was filled with having fun with boxes, grandma coming to visit, SeaWorld, trains, and things that movie lead Liam to say. I love my hilarious little character of a toddler, these are some of the moments I was able to record from the past month. Enjoy!
Liam and I decided we wanted to start out Friday night off playing with trains, so I took him to Hastings to buy a new train since he had been so good, and they are the only place that sells wooden trains. Liam immediately decided that he wanted a Play-Doh dentist kit and wouldn't not settle for a train. I told him we would think about it but he had to carry it. He carried that set for over an hour while we looked at books and various other things and he told me how much he wanted it, so after carrying it around for that long, I figured that he deserved it haha.
Liam found a candy heart on the floor of the car and stuck it in his mouth
I said "Eww, don't eat that."
He replied defensively "I didn't eat it mom, I licked it."
Then he kept explaining to me repeatedly how he only licked it and he wasn't going to eat it.
I said "Liam, it was on the floor of the car, licking it is still gross."
His response was "I just licked it mom."
Boys....
I was loading the dishwasher while Liam was getting out of the bath; upon completion I found he had dried off with 3 separate towels and changed around all the night lights in the house haha.
Liam found a lizard at bedtime, he kept hugging it and telling it her loved it and goodnight. I finally got him to put it down gently with only a broken off tail. He went in to use the bathroom and was in there for too long so I went to check on him and he was sitting on the floor with the lizard hugging it goodnight. He was concerned about the lizard and asking me if it was ok. I told him the lizard had to go outside to go home and put it outside, pretending not to notice the poor gecko's 3 smashed feet. I hope it got away. We talked about being gentle and I didn't have the heart to tell him the gecko was hurt.
I think it just hit Liam at bedtime that grandma wasn't here anymore. He cried for a good while and wandered around aimlessly wanting grandma to play and read him a story... Wish we lived closer.
Liam only wants to eat the frosting and the fudge/crunchy middle of his DQ ice cream cake.... he is definitely my child haha
Liam swam on his own for the first time at the hotel pool in San Antonio! So proud of my little man.
Liam and I are watching the Croods, and Liam says to me
"No mom, we don't hit people with rocks ok"
I agreed with him haha.
Liam turned my new laptop box into a toddler fun house haha.
Liam just brought me a box of birthday candles and told me "it's Liam's birthday."
I told him that his birthday wasn't until December.
He Said "Mom, sing Happy Birthday ok."
So I did and then he grabbed the candles again and said
"Go get my fire mom.."
Life with a toddler is never boring haha.
Liam out of nowhere just screamed
"Mom! I Love You!"
So I yelled back
"I love you too"
He thought it was most hilarious things ever haha
I set Liam's lunch down in front of him and he asked
"You made this mom?"
I said "Yes I made it just for you Liam"
He said "Oh, good job mom, yummy in my tummy"
Motherhood has its perks
Liam and I are cleaning out the fridge, and he disappears at some point. I don't think much of it, until I hear him knocking on my bathroom door and yelling "Mom"
So I go see what he is up to and he has taken 6 slices of cheese and has them rolled up in a ball and is flattening them out with his play-doh rolling pin.
Liam then got to have (what I previously would have thought of as an unnecessary) explanation of the difference between cheese and play-doh...
Oh the joys of motherhood.
Liam just found a "little bunny FooFoo" video on youtube. Nothing makes it seem more ridiculous than to see it depicted. Haha I never realized just how silly that song was. When I was little it seemed so serious haha.
This morning when I woke Liam up for school he said
"Mom, I'm tired, I want to take a nap."
Maybe this means he will start sleeping in later....
*No, it did not mean that at all yet this month
While reading bedtime stories,
Liam: "P is for Plane! Airplane"
Auntie Savannah: "Are you sure it's a plane? It looks like a pig"
Never a dull moment hahaha
Liam's allergies are acting up and I just tried to give him a quarter dose of allergy medicine to help with his nose and he refused to take it saying
"I don't want to get better"
Bribing was effective in this instance...
I just went to check on Liam since he went back into his playroom and I caught him looking over lego building plans very intently like he was a foreman. He would take little sips from his cup without his eyes leaving the plans haha.
Tonight during hockey before bedtime Liam kept giving me "thumbs up mom" and then he would put an imaginary sticker on my hand, and I had to do the same for him haha.
Liam's new bedtime stalling technique is taking a really long poop with the door closed..... If you try to interrupt him he giggles and runs back to the toilet and says he needs to poop more... The only reason I can't get mad is that he actually does poop more....
Liam just told me "No bubbles in the eye mom, bubbles are for eating"
Oh the joys of bath time haha
Liam and I decided we wanted to start out Friday night off playing with trains, so I took him to Hastings to buy a new train since he had been so good, and they are the only place that sells wooden trains. Liam immediately decided that he wanted a Play-Doh dentist kit and wouldn't not settle for a train. I told him we would think about it but he had to carry it. He carried that set for over an hour while we looked at books and various other things and he told me how much he wanted it, so after carrying it around for that long, I figured that he deserved it haha.
Liam found a candy heart on the floor of the car and stuck it in his mouth
I said "Eww, don't eat that."
He replied defensively "I didn't eat it mom, I licked it."
Then he kept explaining to me repeatedly how he only licked it and he wasn't going to eat it.
I said "Liam, it was on the floor of the car, licking it is still gross."
His response was "I just licked it mom."
Boys....
I was loading the dishwasher while Liam was getting out of the bath; upon completion I found he had dried off with 3 separate towels and changed around all the night lights in the house haha.
Liam found a lizard at bedtime, he kept hugging it and telling it her loved it and goodnight. I finally got him to put it down gently with only a broken off tail. He went in to use the bathroom and was in there for too long so I went to check on him and he was sitting on the floor with the lizard hugging it goodnight. He was concerned about the lizard and asking me if it was ok. I told him the lizard had to go outside to go home and put it outside, pretending not to notice the poor gecko's 3 smashed feet. I hope it got away. We talked about being gentle and I didn't have the heart to tell him the gecko was hurt.
I think it just hit Liam at bedtime that grandma wasn't here anymore. He cried for a good while and wandered around aimlessly wanting grandma to play and read him a story... Wish we lived closer.
Liam only wants to eat the frosting and the fudge/crunchy middle of his DQ ice cream cake.... he is definitely my child haha
Liam swam on his own for the first time at the hotel pool in San Antonio! So proud of my little man.
Liam and I are watching the Croods, and Liam says to me
"No mom, we don't hit people with rocks ok"
I agreed with him haha.
Liam turned my new laptop box into a toddler fun house haha.
Liam just brought me a box of birthday candles and told me "it's Liam's birthday."
I told him that his birthday wasn't until December.
He Said "Mom, sing Happy Birthday ok."
So I did and then he grabbed the candles again and said
"Go get my fire mom.."
Life with a toddler is never boring haha.
Liam out of nowhere just screamed
"Mom! I Love You!"
So I yelled back
"I love you too"
He thought it was most hilarious things ever haha
I set Liam's lunch down in front of him and he asked
"You made this mom?"
I said "Yes I made it just for you Liam"
He said "Oh, good job mom, yummy in my tummy"
Motherhood has its perks
Liam and I are cleaning out the fridge, and he disappears at some point. I don't think much of it, until I hear him knocking on my bathroom door and yelling "Mom"
So I go see what he is up to and he has taken 6 slices of cheese and has them rolled up in a ball and is flattening them out with his play-doh rolling pin.
Liam then got to have (what I previously would have thought of as an unnecessary) explanation of the difference between cheese and play-doh...
Oh the joys of motherhood.
Liam just found a "little bunny FooFoo" video on youtube. Nothing makes it seem more ridiculous than to see it depicted. Haha I never realized just how silly that song was. When I was little it seemed so serious haha.
This morning when I woke Liam up for school he said
"Mom, I'm tired, I want to take a nap."
Maybe this means he will start sleeping in later....
*No, it did not mean that at all yet this month
While reading bedtime stories,
Liam: "P is for Plane! Airplane"
Auntie Savannah: "Are you sure it's a plane? It looks like a pig"
Never a dull moment hahaha
Liam's allergies are acting up and I just tried to give him a quarter dose of allergy medicine to help with his nose and he refused to take it saying
"I don't want to get better"
Bribing was effective in this instance...
I just went to check on Liam since he went back into his playroom and I caught him looking over lego building plans very intently like he was a foreman. He would take little sips from his cup without his eyes leaving the plans haha.
Tonight during hockey before bedtime Liam kept giving me "thumbs up mom" and then he would put an imaginary sticker on my hand, and I had to do the same for him haha.
Liam's new bedtime stalling technique is taking a really long poop with the door closed..... If you try to interrupt him he giggles and runs back to the toilet and says he needs to poop more... The only reason I can't get mad is that he actually does poop more....
Liam just told me "No bubbles in the eye mom, bubbles are for eating"
Oh the joys of bath time haha
If you would like to check out previous editions of The Mind of Toddler click the links:
*Bonus Link: Grandma's Visit & SeaWorld
Mommy's Best Friend: June 2014
Character Antics: May 2014
The Exciting Why Stage: April 2014
Strange Bedtime Requests: March 2014
Timeouts Reign Supreme: February 2014
Random Toddler Moments: January 2014
Random Toddler Moments: December 2013
Taking Credit Where Credit is Due
*Bonus Link: Grandma's Visit & SeaWorld
Mommy's Best Friend: June 2014
Character Antics: May 2014
The Exciting Why Stage: April 2014
Strange Bedtime Requests: March 2014
Timeouts Reign Supreme: February 2014
Random Toddler Moments: January 2014
Random Toddler Moments: December 2013
Taking Credit Where Credit is Due
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