Disco Inferno

During Riley’s birthday party, there was a minor accident with the disco ball.  I ended up buying some new bulbs hoping that would be the fix and I set it up in the kitchen to test it out and a dance party ensued!

This song is Finn’s favorite song!  Its called “All the right moves” but he asks for it by “All the rock stars”.  No matter how many times I try to correct him, he insists it is rock and not right.  Here’s Finn raving to his favorite song!

 

The boys dancing with grandma!

 

And a little Rob Base with Papa!

Racing Cars

Finn has a new very popular phrase and every time he says it I hold my breathe and wait for what is to come.  “I was thinking that…..” and it is always followed by some FUN thing we should do.  But he always puts a long pause in between “that” and his idea, which is what makes me hold my breathe and brace myself…..While it is cute, it can also be tantrum inducing if my response is no.  Lately sometimes he has even been asking me “So, what are you thinking momma?” which I like a little better for the times that I did already have some plans for us.

Yesterday, Finn woke up from his nap, asked me what I was thinking and when I told him I didn’t have a plan he said “well, I was thinking that….we could race cars….in Miss Dawn’s driveway”.    Miss Dawn is our neighbor.  I’m thinking his small cars.  So I’m all, OK.  This is easy.  But no, he’s thinking the BIG plastic cars, the cozy coupe and the other push car.  But then I think, this is still OK.

I’ve never laughed so hard in my life.  We did this for like an hour and a half.  At some point our friends down the street, the Brimmer’s, came to play too.  Seriously hilarious.  Here are some videos I took.  I love their laughter, I love my laughter, I love Finn jumping up and down, I love that this was Finn’s idea, and I love how they both are furiously trying to steer the cars.  Seriously an awesome afternoon!

It was not without incident though.  At some point Riley got ran into by an incoming car and I ended up taking him to the doctor today because he is still limping on the leg and crying a bit.  They don’t think it is broken, so we’re just giving him some motrin and some time to see if it just gets better.  Poor little dude.  Not to worry, we got the Brimmer’s auto insurance information to cover his medical expenses though!  ;)

 

 

 

 

 

The Dentist

A big milestone of turning 3 is a visit to the dentist.  For some reason I just wasn’t excited about this milestone so I put it off…until I realized I am going to be in a new baby fog when 4 yrs old rolls around and that I should get on this dentist visit thing pronto.  I may have waited too long.  He may have talked to his friends about this dentist character.  Whatever happened, he wasn’t excited about it from my very first mention of it to him.  He immediately was all “I don’t want to go to the dentist!!!” and he was very adamant about it.  And all I could think was “why, and how, do you know you don’t want to go to the dentist”?  But he stuck to his guns. 

Until I told him he would get a new toothbrush and that he could bring grandma bear with him.  Grandma bear is allowed to come in the car with us places but she is never allowed to leave the car.  So this was a big deal.  And the new toothbrush?  He loves brushing his teeth, is obsessed with toothbrushes and toothpaste.  See….why would he not want to go to the dentist?

So the place we went to was crazy huge and there were TONS of people there and it was SO overwhelming even for me.  Thankfully I had the foresight to get a sitter for Riley so I didn’t have to lug him around too, which really would NOT have been possible given what went down there today.

So, they’ve got fun cartoons playing, fun decorations and games and everything.  So things are good.  Until they call us back.  Back where there are so many SCREAMING BLOODY MURDER children.  We walk into a room that has four reclined chairs in the middle where children are getting their teeth cleaned and a bunch of TV’s and things hanging from the ceiling.  And then there are rooms off to every side where the screaming kids are.  Finn immediately clings to me and starts shaking.  They try to take him to a small room right there for x-rays, but since I’m pregnant I have to step away, which I thought maybe would help if I wasn’t there.  WRONG.  x-rays didn’t happen.  next they take us back to a room and I finish the paper work, talk to the nurse a bit, Finn seems to warm up a little until….the.dentist.walks.in.and holy hell, Finn loses his mind.  The dentist is trying to talk to me over wailing Finn…uh huh, come on, let’s just get going here guy, your jibber jabber isn’t helping. 

Next up, I get the joy of helping pin my child down in the chair with the nurse while the very brave dentist sticks his hands/fingers into the mouth of a screaming/wailing 3 yr old.  Amazingly the dentist is able to evidently see enough of his teeth to say they look good.  Really?  Next up cleaning….you know out in the middle room where you can hear all the wailing.  He does magically calm down though while we wait for Miss Anna.  But Miss Anna finally comes, calls Finn’s name and more wailing/screaming ensues.  More pinning down my child.  At some point in the middle of the brushing, he does actually calm down and he helps her and he is able to get all of his teeth cleaned!

And look at this picture.  Its like nothing has happened.  “Look how happy I am to visit the dentist!  TWO balloons, coloring book, new toothbrush, floss, a mirror and a sticker!  The dentist is AWESOME mom!!!”

 

and I need a drink.  I now know what hell is like.  go spend a morning in a pediatric dentist office if you’re curious.

Happy Valentine’s Day!!!

I needed to make something for Valentine’s for Finn’s class at school.  Originally I had an idea a friend had posted on FB, but before I started pulling it together, I stumbled upon another idea that I just had to copy!  LOVE!  And while I was at it, I decided that Riley needed some for some of his girlfriends too!  Eeep!  How cute are these?

 

The finished product!

Finn’s Grid

This is just for my own records.  It has been bothering me that I don’t have a nerdy grid for Finn like I do for Riley.  When Finn was born we were using a different site that made a grid for me and it was lost when we switched to the blog.  So, I’m making one now!

Age	Weight	%	Height	%	Head	%
Birth	7lbs 10oz		21”
1 week	7lbs 3oz
1 month	10lbs 7oz	50th	22.75”	75th	15”	25th
2 months	12lbs 9oz	75th	24”	75th	15.5”	25th
4 months	15lbs 5oz	50th	26.25”	90th	16.5”	50th
6 months	17lbs	50th	27.25”	75th	17”	25th
9 months	20lbs 5oz	75th	29”	75th	17.75”	50th
12 months	22lbs 6oz	50th	31”	90th	18.625”	75th
15 months	25lbs	75th	32.75”	90th	18.75”	75th
18 months	27lbs 3oz	75th	33.75”	90th	18.75”	75th
24 months	29lbs 13oz	75th	36.5”	90th	19.5”	75th
36 months	35lbs	80th	39.125”	85th

 

Carry on…….

The beach!

We took our annual trip down to Florida with Grandma and Papa for a week.  The weather wasn’t awesome but we still had a great trip!  The best thing about the boys, they don’t know that it is supposed to be warm and sunny at the beach.  But they’ve got miles of beach to run on and dig in so they were happy clams!  Oh and we had a heated pool to swim in too!  With as good as everyone napped/slept, I’m seriously considering moving to the beach!

Right when we arrived we headed straight to the beach!

 

Finn set up grandma bear so she could watch him play on the beach with grandma!  I mean seriously how cute is this?

 

A walk around John’s Pass: turtle, tiki, pirate ship and some hot cocoa!

 

Ready to swim!  He would NOT take these goggles off and he really wasn’t even headed to go swimming when he put them on!

Watching the sunset

Swimming!  I have learned that I’m not going to be able to take three children to the pool by myself this summer because Riley does NOT understand that someone needs to hold him and that he can’t just jump into the water without someone there to catch him.  He brings new meaning to the phrase “no fear”. 

We did have one PERFECT beach day!

Todd and I got a date night, early bird style!  We literally went to dinner at 5pm!  But we also got to see a movie and were home by 930!  ha!  Todd thought it would be hilarious to take my pic (at 34 weeks!) with the giant pelican.  Whose belly is bigger?

And birds!  Lots and lots of birds!

We spent every day digging in the sand.  One day we dug a hole to China.  And yes, most days Finn played on the beach in his pajamas.  Don’t judge, you’re just jealous.  ;)

One very rainy day we rented a movie, Marmaduke, and snuggled up inside.

 

And the boys first ever adventure mini-golfing….around a pirate ship!!!  Grandma was the big winner, she had like 3 hole in ones!  She might have had more if Riley had not had a major meltdown on the 15th hole.

 

And more pirates!

 

Even packing up to go home was FUN with a ride on the luggage cart!

 

I’ll post videos in another post…….

The Birthday Boys!

Happy Birthday to my Boo and my Roo!

Grandma and Papa were in town and we invited Uncle Buzz over for dinner and deserts for the birthday boys!  And presents!  To say that Riley totally gets the concept of presents now, is an understatement. 

My presents?!?!?!

Finn just could not contain himself either!  He has figured out that presents for Riley = new toys for Finn too!  As you can see, it was all about the wheels!  Tractor, CAT front loader and Chuck trucks/track!  (please ignore Finn’s way too small pajamas that he will not let me put away, ha!)

 

Help me uncle buzz!  open open!!!

Riley was so in love with his new toys he wouldn’t let go when it was time to get in the bath, brush his teeth and jammies.  We did let him take one little truck to bed with him.

Happy Happy Birthday!!!!