Oh Croup...Go Away

Poor Reid has croup again. Little man is a coughing machine...we have humidifiers, vaporizers, & Vick's going tonight. It's just no fun when kids feel puny. 

Merry Christmas

I could not figure out how to scan this & make it a jpeg. So here is a screenshot of my PDF. Oh well- you get the idea. ;)

Reid...He Used to Eat Food...

And now for all of the foods Reid will eat for us...luckily, he eats for the sitter. We currently call him Yogurt Boy. I guess that's better than his old nickname which was Hunger Strike. ;)

Thanksgiving Events

Papa's birthday pie. 

Papa's birthday dinner. 

Festival of trees. 

Papa's birthday fireworks...in the warm hotel room. 

Thanksgiving Day swimming. 

Exploring the empty convention center. 

Christmas tree decorating. 

Graham Cracker "Whataburger" House. ;)

Ti!

Two little boys love their Auntie. She came over to watch them while Mike & I went to dinner last night. Ev couldn't wait for her to arrive. He sat at the toy room window for 20 minutes watching for her. Reid joined him later (after I put my phone away).  They ate pizza & watched movies. It shaped up to be a pretty good little Saturday. 

Shameless

Some days, I am shameless. 

I live in a suburb of Indianapolis, and I work in another suburb of Indianapolis. It was a Colts "wear blue" day at work a couple of weeks ago. I'm not a Colts fan. I used to be indifferent to them until I got tired of Peyton Manning a few years ago. I busted out this old gem and wore it...just so I could wear jeans...and get a few laughs from my students. ;)

Trick or Treating...on November 1

Trick or Treating was postponed in Central Indiana this week. The forecast called for severe storms, so they actually moved trick or treating. It ended up just raining a lot during trick or treating, but we waited until Friday. It was weird. Evan and I trolled the neighborhood while Mike and Reid handed out candy. 

Ev was Iron Patriot and Reid would not wear anything. He was going to be Thomas the train, but he wouldn't wear it. We decided to make him Clark Kent. He wasn't too into that either. He ended up with his winter coat & a pair of fleece pants. He hoarded all of the M & Ms in our bowl. 

Tuttle's Orchard - Year Seven

We went back to Tuttle's Orchard on Friday. This was Evan's 7th visit and Reid's 3rd visit with us. Evan has also gone on field trips for the 3rd year in a row (at 2 different schools). We love it. It's affordable, we know what to expect, and we're always happy when we leave. Here are some pictures.  :)

Tenacious Reid

I've been a bad blogger with Reid. When Evan was 2, I blogged non-stop about the new things he was doing, what he was saying, where we were going, etc.  So, here is a list of stuff Reidy does:

*his vocabulary is coming along. He definitely speaks "two year old". His words haven't quite caught up with his emotions, so that's where some of the fits come from. He says mama, dad, come on, aye (Evan), bye, mo-mo (which could mean Nemo, Elmo, or Mickey Mouse), show, cookie, yo yo (yogurt), cheese, Mimi, papa, Ti, Sti (Steve), wawa (grandma) & lots of other words. Much of it is still jabber. :)

*he doesn't eat much. He likes yogurt, cookies, crackers, mac 'n cheese, milk, peanut butter, ice cream, & donuts. Everything else he will ignore- his tenacity will serve him well some day. Right now it earns him the nickname of Hunger Strike. 

*he gave up on his crib and his booster seat at the table last spring. He also scaled the baby gate so often that we took it down because we didn't want him to get hurt.  We think its because he sees Evan not using them & by golly, he's big too. (He actually said, "I not a baby, mama." A few weeks ago). Because he's done this- bedtime & dinner have been interesting. We made him get into a booster when we had friends over for dinner this summer. He howled for a long time. I finally told Evan to go rescue him. (I couldn't do it- he didn't need to know he'd won the battle)

*he loves to empty things & leave a trail. I think of Willa jean from the Ramona & Beezus books. I think she did that to Howie's stuff at some point. 

* he loves his mama whole heartedly. He is just now leaving the mama phase. He would cry and cry if I wasn't around. He did great at the sitter's, but any other time it was mama time. 

*he loves wrestling & playing with Mike & Ev. He definitely sees himself as one of the dudes & enjoys man time with them. 

*he has a best friend at the sitter's. Her name is Amelia (ya ya). They chat a lot. 

* he tells us when he needs a new diaper. He'll say, "poo" for everything. He's not ready for the potty yet though. Maybe in another couple of months we'll try. I asked him if he was going to go potty like a big boy. "No way!" was his response. 

*he is picky about his clothes. He prefers Toy Story, McQueen, or Thomas clothes above all. 

*he is the sweetest thing that loves to FaceTime, blow kisses, be held, fall asleep on you, giggle, and sit on your lap while watching cartoons.