We went to Greenfield yesterday to visit with our friends Barb, Dave Sr. and Dave Jr.  Dave Jr. came home from Italy for a visit, and brought his girlfriend Davida.  She seemed very nice, and we all had a good time.  Tyler got in the pool with us, and once he got used to being… Continue reading Visiting Friends

Kevin had to go get gas for his mowers, and left the trailer hanging open.  Ty watched from the window, and when I told him, “yes, we can out and see the mowers” he jumped down from his stool, ran to the mud room door and said (and I quote) “yay!  mows!”.

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You know that saying “you catch more flies with honey…”?  It is true for toddlers too.  I have gotten extremely tired of fighting Ty to get him in the car seat when I pick him up from daycare.  I think I have figured out a trick to getting him into his seat with little or… Continue reading Proper Motivation

Sometimes on the weekend, I will eat a bowl of cereal for breakfast.  when I do this, I eat a cereal that Ty can have, and I use rice milk.  that way he can have some if he wants.  I usually eat it out of the orange cereal bowls (see the “whip it” post on… Continue reading Breakfast with Mommy

Yeah, ok, I couldn’t resist the bad joke…  Tyler has started making up his own signs for words now!  He had previously made up a sign for “ball”, which was an open hand held palm out.  But the sign he made up for “pop” (as in freeze-pop), shows how much he is making connections between… Continue reading Sign of the Times

Tyler now knows where his butt is.  When he was on the trampoline at Kathy’s, she told him to jump up and land on his butt.  He sat down, rolled backwards and grabbed his tush!  I didn’t even know he knew what/where his butt was. So a few days ago he had a fever.  I… Continue reading Butt, Butt

Tyler had his first plane ride this weekend!  Friday we took a plane from Manchester, NH to Baltimore, MD.  We decided to buy Tyler his own seat, instead of holding him in our laps.  That was a well spent $160!  I can’t imagine flying with a toddler and having to hold him in your lap. … Continue reading Visit to Maryland

So after lunch on Sunday Kevin, Tyler and I were going to go to Home Depot to get a “big-boy” slide and some wood to build a play center for Tyler.  Before we left, Kevin walked over the neighbor’s to say hi.  It has rained the night before, and was mostly dried up, except for… Continue reading Wonderful Weekend – Part 2

Man, did we ever have a nice weekend!  On Saturday, we took Tyler to the lake and went swimming.  He had a blast, playing “sploosh baby” with me (where I hold him under his arms and swing him up in the air, then splash down into the water), and even learning to float!  I was… Continue reading Wonderful Weekend – Part 1