...To Grandmother's house we go!
Billy, Buddy and myself went to dinner at Grandma's today. Billy got to sit in a Big Boy Chair to eat his dinner. He shoved fistfuls of watergate salad into his mouth, spoon at the ready but left unused. He also got cut fruit, carrots, brown bread and steamed shrimp. He nommed on the shrimp but gave up. So, he decided to dip his fruit into the ketchup on his plate instead of the shrimp.
What he really wanted was more watergate and a cookie. When he didn't get what he wanted, he cautiously wandered around Grandma's and played with some of the toys there. This worked for awhile until he realized he was still hungry.
He got more watergate. He got more watergate on the table, the chair, the floor, his shirt, his pants, his arms, Mommy, Grandma... yeah. But he enjoyed it. Then came dessert.
Ooh... cherry pie. I was only going to give him a bite, but he devoured an entire piece by himself and then wanted mine too. Cherry pie might be the way to his heart. Keep that in mind for any girls that might be looking for a boyfriend in about thirty years. Maybe forty. We'll see.
Grandma sure had a huge feast set for us. Thanks Grandma! We came home full and sticky. But, I guess if you're One, you didn't really enjoy your food unless you're a complete mess and sticky from head to toe.
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Sunday, January 15, 2012
January 15, 2012 ~ Grandma Got Run Over By Billy
If you read the post for Saturday you'll see that Daddy and I went to the game today. It was a big deal. Baltimore is a football town and it's rare that a play-off game is at home. It was a special day and the first real date Daddy and I have been on since Billy was born. We've been to dinner a few times and a few big events (weddings and such) but this was planned by us for us.
Grandma agreed weeks ago to watch Billy during play-offs. There was no way we weren't going.
I went to Grandma's last night to grab some winter clothes and prep her for a full day with Billy under foot. It's a monumental task to take on a toddler for a full day if you're not used to watching kids. Billy is especially active for a toddler, according to his daycare ladies. He runs circles around everyone.
When Grandma got here this morning I walked her through meals, gates, activities. It's a lot. Fortunately for Grandma, Billy has been extra tired and is prone to taking 3-4 hour naps when he is. I figured she'd get to watch most of the game before he woke up and then she would be able to half watch the rest of the game while she chased him around.
In a perfect world, we would have left at 11 while she was feeding him Second Breakfast. Then he would have played for an hour to an hour and then had lunch. Shortly after lunch he would have gone done for a 3-4 hour nap, so somewhere around 1-4pm. Perfect for a 1pm kick-off time. Then he would have gotten up and had a snack, followed by a bath. Then we would get home and it would have been a fabulous day for us and a fairly easy day for Grandma. We don't live in a perfect world.
We managed to get out of the house shortly after 11, but I didn't have Billy in his high chair eating Second Breakfast on the way out. He apparently refused to eat for her. She put him down for his nap but he only slept for 45 minutes. Then she tried to feed him again but he apparently wasn't hungry. Somehow, however, he managed to get Grandma to give him cheese and crackers- his favorite snack. He had no problems eating that. Grandma also went to feed him lunch, but she was so frazzled chasing him from one end of the house to the other that she couldn't find it in the fridge. It turned out she got confused with me telling her where his lunch was and me telling her where HER lunch was in the fridge. Lucky for Grandma, Great Aunt Sheila stopped over to help. Between the two of them they were so frazzled with a toddler running circles around them that they couldn't figure out how to get the gate installed, or how to turn off my ipod, which Billy had navigated off of the main screen. He snuck more snacks from Sheila and managed to steal her coke and try some- a feat never accomplished before. He's not allowed anything with caffeine, since the drug is dangerous for little ones and soda is very unhealthy for kids under a certain age. But he ran them ragged. They were very happy when we got home.
After Grandma left I figured out what was going on. I had gotten him dressed in a super cute sweater that I thought Sheila would like. It has a puppy on it. Now, I cooked the den up nice and warm for Grandma because she is always cold, and it was very cold here today. He was too hot. Therefore, because he was overheated, he didn't want to eat. Grandma said he was super thirsty all day long. He wasn't feeling good because he was hot, so he was drinking to hydrate. Also, because he was too hot, he couldn't sleep. I stripped the sweater off of him and he woofed down 2.5 times his normal dinner portion and ran around like a very happy toddler. He went to sleep, no problem.
I can't blame Grandma. These are the things that a mother might notice, but if you're not with the kid every day you don't see where the trouble is. And if you are cold yourself you probably wouldn't think that a little guy could be super warm. But my little man twice walked outside barefoot today and had to be dragged back in the house. It was so cold that the ice in my soda at the game never melted, so that my coke I bought at 12 was chilly and not watered down 4 hours later. Yeah, that cold.
But, no worries. After a few minutes he was back to his old antics. He was spinning in circles, pushing his cars around and singing. He even learned how to moonwalk! Yes, he moonwalked several times and was so impressed with himself. He also discovered that a napping Daddy is an awesome play toy. Daddy should never nap in Billy's reach. He might get attack hugged a few (ten) times.
Grandma agreed weeks ago to watch Billy during play-offs. There was no way we weren't going.
I went to Grandma's last night to grab some winter clothes and prep her for a full day with Billy under foot. It's a monumental task to take on a toddler for a full day if you're not used to watching kids. Billy is especially active for a toddler, according to his daycare ladies. He runs circles around everyone.
When Grandma got here this morning I walked her through meals, gates, activities. It's a lot. Fortunately for Grandma, Billy has been extra tired and is prone to taking 3-4 hour naps when he is. I figured she'd get to watch most of the game before he woke up and then she would be able to half watch the rest of the game while she chased him around.
In a perfect world, we would have left at 11 while she was feeding him Second Breakfast. Then he would have played for an hour to an hour and then had lunch. Shortly after lunch he would have gone done for a 3-4 hour nap, so somewhere around 1-4pm. Perfect for a 1pm kick-off time. Then he would have gotten up and had a snack, followed by a bath. Then we would get home and it would have been a fabulous day for us and a fairly easy day for Grandma. We don't live in a perfect world.
We managed to get out of the house shortly after 11, but I didn't have Billy in his high chair eating Second Breakfast on the way out. He apparently refused to eat for her. She put him down for his nap but he only slept for 45 minutes. Then she tried to feed him again but he apparently wasn't hungry. Somehow, however, he managed to get Grandma to give him cheese and crackers- his favorite snack. He had no problems eating that. Grandma also went to feed him lunch, but she was so frazzled chasing him from one end of the house to the other that she couldn't find it in the fridge. It turned out she got confused with me telling her where his lunch was and me telling her where HER lunch was in the fridge. Lucky for Grandma, Great Aunt Sheila stopped over to help. Between the two of them they were so frazzled with a toddler running circles around them that they couldn't figure out how to get the gate installed, or how to turn off my ipod, which Billy had navigated off of the main screen. He snuck more snacks from Sheila and managed to steal her coke and try some- a feat never accomplished before. He's not allowed anything with caffeine, since the drug is dangerous for little ones and soda is very unhealthy for kids under a certain age. But he ran them ragged. They were very happy when we got home.
After Grandma left I figured out what was going on. I had gotten him dressed in a super cute sweater that I thought Sheila would like. It has a puppy on it. Now, I cooked the den up nice and warm for Grandma because she is always cold, and it was very cold here today. He was too hot. Therefore, because he was overheated, he didn't want to eat. Grandma said he was super thirsty all day long. He wasn't feeling good because he was hot, so he was drinking to hydrate. Also, because he was too hot, he couldn't sleep. I stripped the sweater off of him and he woofed down 2.5 times his normal dinner portion and ran around like a very happy toddler. He went to sleep, no problem.
I can't blame Grandma. These are the things that a mother might notice, but if you're not with the kid every day you don't see where the trouble is. And if you are cold yourself you probably wouldn't think that a little guy could be super warm. But my little man twice walked outside barefoot today and had to be dragged back in the house. It was so cold that the ice in my soda at the game never melted, so that my coke I bought at 12 was chilly and not watered down 4 hours later. Yeah, that cold.
But, no worries. After a few minutes he was back to his old antics. He was spinning in circles, pushing his cars around and singing. He even learned how to moonwalk! Yes, he moonwalked several times and was so impressed with himself. He also discovered that a napping Daddy is an awesome play toy. Daddy should never nap in Billy's reach. He might get attack hugged a few (ten) times.
Look, Ma! I put two binkies in Daddy's glass!
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
October 25, 2011 ~ A New Take On Face Painting
One of Billy's favorite foods is yogurt. Since he's been under the weather lately, I decided to give him yogurt for breakfast. That was all fine and dandy until somebody had a better idea what to do with it.
At first he was just swinging the spoon around and accidently got a dollop of yogurt on his forehead. He was perplexed, but after realizing what it was he thought it was funny. So funny, in fact, that he started tapping the spoon all over his head, getting yogurt all through his hair.
Then he managed to get a big swipe of yogurt out of the container when Mommy wasn't looking. He painted his face ear to ear and laughed hysterically. Ok, it was pretty funny. But he was covered in yogurt up to his elbows, across his face and all through his hair. I wiped him up several times, but every time the water would dry I would find more yogurt hiding on him. Needless to say, he went to daycare dirty.
It took me twice as long this morning to get him out the door. Once he saw the daycare bag it was all over. He didn't want to go. He stayed home with Mommy yesterday and he was going to stay home today too if he had anything to say about it.
Going to school today may have been pushing it. He's been tired and run down with being sick and when I picked him up it was clear that he was absolutely exhausted.
We had to run by Grandma's to get a costume piece for next week and he whined and whimpered the whole time we were there. If I went out of sight, even for a second, he would launch into a full out wail. I tried to get him to visit with Grandma, but he just wanted to be held. I did get him to settle down a bit with a banana, but as soon as I walked into the other room to get a toy for him he started screaming again. I think he is remembering last week when I left him there to go back to work. He kept standing in the doorway crying. I think he was attempting to make sure I couldn't leave without him.
So, I didn't leave without him. By the time we got home he was so tired that we had a quick dinner and off to bed early. No complaints on his part. I could hear him playing in his crib for awhile, but he was content and is now fast asleep. I hope tomorrow is better for him and that he's better!
At first he was just swinging the spoon around and accidently got a dollop of yogurt on his forehead. He was perplexed, but after realizing what it was he thought it was funny. So funny, in fact, that he started tapping the spoon all over his head, getting yogurt all through his hair.
Then he managed to get a big swipe of yogurt out of the container when Mommy wasn't looking. He painted his face ear to ear and laughed hysterically. Ok, it was pretty funny. But he was covered in yogurt up to his elbows, across his face and all through his hair. I wiped him up several times, but every time the water would dry I would find more yogurt hiding on him. Needless to say, he went to daycare dirty.
It took me twice as long this morning to get him out the door. Once he saw the daycare bag it was all over. He didn't want to go. He stayed home with Mommy yesterday and he was going to stay home today too if he had anything to say about it.
Going to school today may have been pushing it. He's been tired and run down with being sick and when I picked him up it was clear that he was absolutely exhausted.
We had to run by Grandma's to get a costume piece for next week and he whined and whimpered the whole time we were there. If I went out of sight, even for a second, he would launch into a full out wail. I tried to get him to visit with Grandma, but he just wanted to be held. I did get him to settle down a bit with a banana, but as soon as I walked into the other room to get a toy for him he started screaming again. I think he is remembering last week when I left him there to go back to work. He kept standing in the doorway crying. I think he was attempting to make sure I couldn't leave without him.
So, I didn't leave without him. By the time we got home he was so tired that we had a quick dinner and off to bed early. No complaints on his part. I could hear him playing in his crib for awhile, but he was content and is now fast asleep. I hope tomorrow is better for him and that he's better!
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