Picture Recap...

Picture Recap (Monday, October 6th - Sunday, October 12th, 2008)...

Weekly Glance...

Weekly Glance (Monday, October 6th - Sunday, October 12th, 2008)

• Had an okay week at school - was tired a few days and that's probably from waking up at 1a/2am!
• Had a combination of diaper rash & a runny nose
• Sleeping was not that great this week - he woke up at 1am a couple times and would not go back to sleep in his crib for Mommy. This is now Daddy's job if he wakes up at night because he'll go back down for Daddy.
• No longer wants to sit in his booster seat - he must sit in a normal seat
• Learned to get off the kitchen chair by himself and most times did not fall on the floor
• Loves to jump - however he doesn't get his feet off the ground and he does the funniest grunts with each jump
• New words this week: "Wow", "oww" and more uses of "happy"
• Another new word I found out about but he says this to Daddy is "home"
• All of a sudden loves sunglasses and wants to wear them
• Loves to brush his teeth with someone else, so one of us will sit with him and we all brush our teeth
• On Thursday, he scratched Aidan across the face and Mommy had to sign his first incident report
• Friday was Grampie's birthday so we celebrated with ice cream cake, singing & presents
• Alexander helped sing his version of Happy Birthday (it's just 'happy happy') and then he helped Grampie blow out his candles
• We got chinese food for dinner on Friday and Alexander had a chicken finger (against Mommy's judgement) and seemed quite content even when he was spitting it out on Mommy's office floor (ICKKK!)
• Woke up @ 6am both Saturday and Sunday - WOOO!!!
• He had a great weekend and besides the Saturday afternoon mini-meltdown he was in a good mood
• Saturday: Went to cousin Nick's football game with Daddy; helped Daddy mow the lawn/blow leaves in the afternoon; Dan watched our neighbor's kids so before bed, they came over and played with Alexander.
• Alexander was enthralled with following them around. He didn't try to steal any of the toys they played with which I found interesting as he didn't have the sense of 'my toys' with them.
• Sunday: Went hunting for pumpkins with Mommy; then went shopping with Mommy; then went to hang out with cousin Michael in the afternoon with Daddy

Hunting for Pumpkins...

Since the weather was supposed to be gorgeous this weekend, I figured it would be a perfect day to go pick out a pumpkin! Daddy had a softball game so it was just going to be Alexander & I. We went to a local farm where I was hoping they'd have pumpkins all over the place and Alexander could run/walk through the pumpkin patches.

The farm was cute and they did have a lot of pumpkins, even some funky ones. But they were all on tables or bins & off the ground. So it made getting a cute fall type pictures with pumpkins a bit on the challenging side.

We went over to where all the little baby pumpkins were. I asked Alexander to pick one out and he really had no interest. He was looking everywhere but at the pumpkins. Finally he did pick up one so we kept that one. Then we went to go look at bigger ones until we noticed the ducks in the pond. Alexander got pretty excited with seeing the ducks & goats. We walked over to see the goats up close but since we didn't have any food for them we just looked.

Then we went to go pay for our pumpkins and do our last errand before naptime. On the way out, Alexander stood in front of the entry sign.

TOUCHDOWN...

In true Football Fashion...

TOUCHDOWN!

Sharp Dressed Man...

'Cuz every girl is crazy about a sharp dressed man...

Happy Birthday, Grampie...

Today was Grampie's birthday so to help celebrate, they came over for dinner, cake & presents!

I think now that Alexander sings "Happy Birthday" he seems to actually get into birthday celebrations now. He started to sing his version of Happy when he saw the candles. We didn't even have them on the cake yet. He was also a big helper for Grampie helping blow out the candles.

He even wore & kept the birthday hat on! He usually takes hats off immediately once they're on his head. But because he was singing he wanted his hat on.

Troubbbbllle...

Alexander got in trouble at school for the first time. (Okay not really because he's only 18 months and they don't get in trouble...) But it's comical to start off the story with Alexander got a written warning.

However, I went to pick him up today and they were outside playing. There were 2 new teachers who was with his class so I had to introduce myself because Alexander was trying to rush pass them to get to me. As I went to pick him, Ms. Kim explained to me that there was an incident report I would have to sign. Oh??

Earlier in the day, Alexander was playing with a toy when another child came over and took it from him. Alexander, not one to understand sharing just yet, swipped the kid across the face. And of course because his nails grow like weeds, he scratched and left a mark. So they had to fill out a report for both parents. I was looking at the book and noticed the same report with Aidan's name on it. They don't put the other kid involved on your report and they won't tell you unless it's significant.

So hopefully Alexander learns to share quickly or kids don't steal his toys...
...joys of a toddler!

Picture Recap...

Picture Recap (Monday, September 29th - October 5th, 2008)

Picture Recap...

Picture Recap (Monday, September 29th - October 5th, 2008)

Weekly Glance...

Weekly Glance (Monday, September 29th - October 5th, 2008)

• Continued to wake up early but will lay back down & fall asleep if Daddy goes in and lays on the floor - he won't do it if Mommy tries
• This week was hit or miss if he would go to bed right away or need his back rubbed
• Some meals he wouldn't want to have anything to do with eating, other meals he couldn't get enough
• Had a good week at school
• Played outside and on Wednesday played in puddles and got his pants soaked!
• Hung out with Daddy Tuesday night as Mommy was at her 3rd tour stop - went down for bed without a peep
• LOVES trucks - real trucks, truck books, toy trucks - anything to do with trucks!
• Loves to color
• Loves to play with his flash cards
• Likes to practice swimming during bath time
• Has a bit of a diaper rash again
• A new routine Alexander is starting - after work/school, Alexander will go into the bathroom and beg until we come in. He wants his tooth brush and he wants us to brush our teeth too. So we sit on the floor and we brush our teeth and then we show him how to clean off his brush. Hey - if it gets him to brush his teeth every day, I'll do it
• New words this week: Happy, Me, Ball
• New sounds/actions: Makes a helicopter sound/hand movement as well as a fire truck (siren) noise/hand movement; also puts his hand up to his nose for an elephant
• Saturday was family day where we went shopping & out to lunch
• Ate bread w/oil, pizza but more importantly broccoli and liked it
• He was in a fairly good mood despite only an hour nap on Saturday
• First Trip to the Aquarium - loved the penquins & the turtle
• Loved running up & down the docks outside of the Aquarium
• Got to see Charlie, the horse, at the Aquarium

Swimming with the Fishes...

Today, Alexander went to the New England Aquarium for the first time. He loves to make fish faces and he loves turtles so we thought it would be fun. It was Mommy, Alexander, Grammie & Grampie. Daddy couldn't join us as he has tickets to tonight's Red Sox game (yah, how that's fair, I'll never know...I jest!).

When we got there they were cleaning the outside tanks for the Sea Lions. He was a bit timid but did think it was exciting. We got inside and saw the penquins first. He loved the penquins and loved to follow them as they swam around.

After the penquins, we decided to walk around the Giant Fish Tank in the middle. We saw divers in the tank feeding & cleaning. Alexander was more excited to see the bubbles from their diving tanks!! We saw sharks, big fishes, little fishes, stingrays, and the big turtle! We went all the way to the top so Alexander could look in the tank! He just liked to look through the glass but not necessarily at anything and then run around the tank.

We headed back down to the freshwater exhibit so he could hold a starfish. That didn't work out so well because all he wanted to do was put his hands in the water and splash. And I'm sure the folks next to us didn't want to get *that* wet. We walked around and saw more fish & turtles. Then it was time to grab some food which Alexander did very well with. He loved his hot dog, french fries and even a few bites of Mommy's pizza.

Mother venting moment: Before leaving, I went to change his diaper. We were washing our hands getting ready to leave and a couple teenage girls were standing in front of the mirror checking out their hair. I was blocking Alexander so they wouldn't run him over. One girl walked around and the 2nd girl almost bumped into him but said excuse me. The 3rd one bumped into him and almost knocked him over. I said "excuse me be careful where you walk" and she shot me a dirty look. I said "no, don't give me attitude when you clearly are completely rude" The Mommy-genes were out in full force. If I still didn't have to pick up the stuff and keep an eye on Alexander, I would have totally ripped that girl a new one!

After the aquarium, we walked around outside a bit checking out the scenery. Alexander was checking out the horse, the birds, the boats, and loved running up & down the dock. I think he enjoyed it more when people would chase him and then let him run down! Overall a fun day!

Aquarium Pics - Take 2...

Here are more pictures from our Aquarium adventure...

Well now...

Today, the three of us went out for the afternoon. We went shopping so Daddy could buy some clothes and then we went to Patriot Place (shopping area right next to Gillette Stadium).

For lunch, we decided to take Alexander to Bertucci's. Afterall, it's all you can eat salad - Daddy loves salad! He loved the rolls (who doesn't) and loved them even more dipped in oil. We got him his own pizza which he was okay with but he actually enjoyed our broccoli more.

Towards the end of our meal, a waitress walked by us carrying a piece of cake with a candle on it. Obviously someone was celebrating a birthday. As soon as Alexander saw this, he started to sway back & forth (as he does when he dances) and started to say "happy happy".

Now, how & when he learned the word 'happy' and that a candle on a cake is Happy Birthday, we'll never know. But we were both surprised and thought it was quite cute. So he's added yet another word to his list...