Mr. Potato Head Has Something To Say

Chalk

Like most of the U.S., we have experienced cooler temperatures over the last few days. Sunday even dropped down into the 60s for a little while. Today we managed to stay in the 80s, as opposed to the high 90s that we've had for the past month. Since the cool front moved in, Micah is sporting his new fall clothes. My pint-sized little man is still in a size 24-months. His little 18-month pants fit him all over except in length. I guess he'll decide to eat more than chicken nuggets, hot dogs, and mac and cheese one day.

With cooler temperatures means more time outside in the evenings with less bugs. Dada will be thrilled to not worry about being stung or bitten.

Tonight I decided it was a great evening to bring out the chalk that we haven't used in a couple months.

We love you and miss you, Dada!

Wild Adventure

This morning Tom flew up to Calgary for work. For those of you who are geographically challenged like myself, here's a visual aid. A- is Calgary. B- is Dallas, TX. (Yes, I knew Calgary was in Canada, but I couldn't have pointed it out on a map until a few moments ago when I googled it.) Tom will be there until late Thursday night.

But, on Sunday before he left, we took a family trip to the ...

We went to see the newest exhibit...


Here are a few of the things we saw.

This is a really amazing, trained bird.





We even got up close and personal with a few of the animals.

A little potty humor...

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And, just as I thought we were all getting over 2 weeks of illness, I got a call from the daycare today that Micah had a 101.4 fever. It never fails. Whenever Tom is traveling for work, Micah is bound to have a fever and I have to leave work.

Prayers that he is only teething will be much appreciated. I don't think our immune systems can handle anything else contagious.

Almost Healthy Again

In the last 7 days, Walgreens has loved our financial support. Here are just a few of the items that have littered my kitchen counters all week.

Today has been the first day that all three of us have felt somewhat healthy. Not completely healthy, but healthy enough to enjoy each others company.

Today was also the day that our church held their Cultural Days Festival and Mexican dinner. I forgot my camera, but luckily I had my phone and managed to take a few photos.

Dada helping Micah cut up his hotdog.

Tom and I had really great authentic Mexican dinners.

Some of the performers.

We're planning on making a family trip to the zoo in the morning. Hopefully, I'll return to full blogging duty tomorrow afternoon. Sorry again for being absent all week.

Out Sick

I couldn't go back to work without putting Micah in daycare, and I can't expect Micah to go to daycare and not bring home all kinds of germs.

This week in my absence of blogging, we have all passed around the stomach bug. As of yesterday I thought I had gotten away unscathed, but around 4am this morning I was fully aware otherwise.

My house looks like a tornado picked up the toy box and exploded the contents in every nook and cranny of the downstairs, and I have zero energy to do anything about it.

Tom is currently at the grocery store picking up the weekly essentials. Let's hope he comes home with more than just hot and spicy foods.

I'll be back when I'm feeling a little more energy.

Toodles.

Gone Fishing

A moment ago Tom came in the garage door grinning the biggest, proudest grin I've seen on him in a long time. He asked if I had checked my e-mail lately. I hadn't, so I went over to the computer and saw this.

He finally caught a fish in the lake in our backyard. But, I consider it cheating when he uses this...

...his new fish finder.

I'm still proud of him though even if he had to have a little help.

Is It Time?

This morning Micah came up to me and let me know he had a stinky diaper. He's still not verbal about it yet, but he'll nudge me and get my attention and then point to his diaper. It's enough to let me know.

I asked him to go get a pamper and the next thing I noticed was him dragging out the potty chair into the living room and saying "poo poo".

Ok, so to all of the other mothers out there, is it time to start potty training?

I know boys usually develop the sensory skills a little later and I wasn't anticipating trying to start potty training for another 6 months or so. Especially since I bought 2 boxes of diapers yesterday.

I think he's gained interest in the potty only because he sees other children in his daycare class learning to be potty trained. [Micah is the youngest 2 year old in his class.] At this point I think it's just an interest in something new and not a desire to really do it.

In other BIG news: Micah slept in his BIG boy bed last night until 5:15 this morning. At that extremly early hour, he wanted to get in his crib and Dada let him so we could all sleep in...until 8:30!