Wednesday, May 14, 2014

May 11

It's been a fun month!  After our visit to Ohio, it did take a bit of time to get back into our routine, but we're almost there (just in time to go out of town on a trip for Memorial Weekend at the end of the month ;) ).  

It's been getting warming, so we've been prepping for summer.  First things first, Little Buddy needed a new haircut!  He has such thick hair and it grows so fast, Daddy talked me into buzzing it with clippers.  It's so short now!  It took me a bit to adjust, but it will certainly help keep him cooler.  

     

Getting his buzz!


Summer also means swimming time, so we took a quick trip down to our neighborhood pool to start the season.  Goodness, the pool requires so much more stuff now that we have two kids!


These kids have it made in the shade!

Although summer is coming, our learning time continues on.  He particularly liked his Statue of Liberty lesson (he's a big US history fan already) and is now obsessed with the clip of it "walking" from Ghostbusters 2 (80s movie clips are also an important part of our curriculum)!

     

A picture of the real Statue of Liberty and then some pop culture about it!


Even with learning time, we still make time to have fun!  Especially on days when we are obsessed with our football helmet.  It the perfect accessory to wear to the park (although I need to remind him that clothes are also necessary) as well as during lemonade making.

     



 Height and Weight
And we've grown again: 52.5 pounds and 43 3/4 inches tall.  His 4 year well check is next month, so I am interested to see if he keeps up his 99th percentile streak!

Personality
Very social and loving still, but can be shy when put on the spot!  It's really amazing to watch him with his sister, though.  Such a little caretaker!  It's fun to watch him "teach" her and accept her playing with him!


Brother and sister time!


Developmental Milestones
Oh the potty.  I know one day he'll be potty independent, but sometimes it get stressful waiting!  We're trying to give him more ownership of his potty behavior so that he can learn to listen to his body and go without our reminders.  We keep reminding ourselves that it's a process.   It's just funny because it doesn't bother him at all to have an accident (he's actually getting really good at cleaning the carpet) and rewards don't matter much to him.  He did choose new rewards (a bite of cheese and watching the Ghostbusters Statue of Liberty video) so we'll see if that will help motivate him.  Otherwise, still just progressing verbally and working on LISTENING and controlling those ants in his pants!

Fun Tidbits
Right now he is very interested in golf!  Because Daddy went golfing when we were back in Marietta, Little Buddy decided that he wanted to golf too.  So Daddy went and got him a set of clubs and they started work!

     

     


Have a good night, 

LBM

Little Buddy's Momma

Sunday, May 11, 2014

Happy Mother's Day!

Hoping all the mommies, grandmas, like-a-moms, mother's-to-be, and those waiting for the day that they will be a mommy had a great day!  I got to spend it with my two favorite munchkins and got to rest a bit thanks to my dear husband.



     

My super kids!



Such a wonderful day with my loves!


Happy Mother's Day everyone!

LBM

Little Buddy's Momma

Monday, April 28, 2014

Ohio in the Spring Time

Well, hello from Ohio!  We had a great trip to Marietta this weekend.  Daddy had to come back for the Spring Petro Meeting, so we all joined him for the fun!

Sister and I started off our trip with a visit to campus, where we got to meet with friends and professors.  Big Brother decided to stay at the house to play with Mimi and Pop-Pop on the castle.


Gorgeous spring day on the Marietta Mall!



A fun surprise, Miss A was in town!  Little Sweetie was excited to meet her!


 

Enjoying the firemen pole in the castle!


The next day, we headed North to Amish country to go on a horse-drawn wagon safari with Mamaw and Papaw.  It was a great time!  Little Buddy loved seeing all the animals.


He insisted on wearing this hat for the day!



Petting a duckling with Papaw.


     

Ready to feed the animals!


     


Here come the animals!  There were so many.  Some of the highlights included reindeer, llamas, and water buffalo.


    

Mamaw's having fun too!



Action shot!



Brother even got to drive the wagon!



Sister had fun too!



Got a quick ride on the horse too!



Bye-bye, horsies!  Thanks for the ride!


The end of our trip to Ohio was spent in Marietta.  We had breakfast at Bob Evan's with Great Grandma and Mimi and Pop-Pop and played outside more in the great weather.  Then one last trip to the campus so Brother could see the pumpjack!


Oh how we wish there was a Bob Evan's in Houston!


        

Fun times at Mimi and Pop-Pop's house!



Future petroleum engineer?


It was a quick trip, but it's always nice to see Ohio in the Spring time.  Looking forward to a longer visit this fall!

Good night,

LBM

Little Buddy's Momma

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Happy Easter!

It's been a fun Easter weekend!  We were lucky to spend time with family and friends (and get a seat at church thanks to early arriving godparents!), and I think that Sister enjoyed her first Easter!  Here are some pictures from our day (sadly, we didn't have the camera out as much as we thought).

    


Up bright and early to hunt eggs (even Chesney helped) and baskets!



Sister enjoying a Mum-Mum from her basket!


My attempt to get my two little bunnies in picture together in their Easter outfits.  After all my attempts, this one was the best!  Not sure when kids develop the skill to look at the camera and smile at the same time, but it obviously wasn't this year!



Hoping everyone had a blessed Easter,

LBM

Little Buddy's Momma

Friday, April 11, 2014

Family Date Day: Zoo!

Today was Daddy's Friday off from work, so we decided to take a family date day to the zoo.  Besides being a fun day with our family, it was also Little Sweetie's first visit to the zoo!  We had a great time.


These two kiddos are ready for the zoo!



Checking out the elephants playing in the water.


     

Giraffe feeding time for Little Buddy and Little Sweetie!


   

Excited for their first carousel ride together!



Sister loved it!



Happy family!



Little Sweetie fell asleep, but Little Buddy is enjoying some ice cream before he...



...passes out too!


I'd definitely say it was a successful day together!  

Sleep tight, 

LBM

Little Buddy's Momma