Easter Fail

I hope the measure of how good a mother I am does not depend on whether or not my child gets his photo taken with the Easter Bunny every year.  This will be Kolton's 3rd Easter and that just seems crazy to me.  The first year I took him to the mall and he fell asleep in the car on the way there.  After 3 hours of shopping he was still sleeping so I decided to give it up.  Last year I managed a great shot

One of the great parts of being a stay at home mom is hitting the mall at odd times which means no lines to see the stuffed creatures.  This week Kolton was simply not interested.  He was so distracted by every thing else they had set up. He smiled at the bunny shyly but that was it.  I tried to place him in the bunny's lap but believe me, it was not a pretty sight.  Mike and I went to the mall this afternoon and I thought I'd give it another go.  Apparently EVERYONE waits until Good Friday to take their kids to see the Easter Bunny.  I was not about to wait in line only to have another failed attempt. So no Eater Bunny photo this year!

We did manage to get in an egg hunt though.  Once again Kolton became so fixated on his first egg that he paid no attention to the other kids filling up their baskets.

Last Year....

Why do I put so much pressure on myself over these silly things?

Free Fallin

I miss the days of walking freely through my house without the fear of gouging my foot with a lego or falling to certain death on a matchbox car.  

March MaDNEss!

Kolton refuses to put on pants today but will tolerate footie pajamas.  Thank God for snow days!

Um, it is spring...right?

Things have been a little crazy around here.  Last week Kolton was up at least 3 times having his little music box dance parties in the middle of the night.  I couldn't help but also notice the full moon blinding me.  Not sure if that's a coincidence or not.  

I had a whirl wind 24 hour trip to Baltimore...bridal shower at my favorite restaurant, checking out the new houses of two of my best friends, open bar birthday party for another awesome girlfriend, night cap at the Four Seasons, and a midnight snack before hitting the hay in my hotel room (not the Four Seasons) but still; who doesn't love a hotel?!?  

I have a jam packed week a head of me too.  Its actually kind of nice to be busy.

25

I've been thinking a lot about the next stages in development for Kolton.  Things like potty training (on my New Years Resolution List!) and transitioning to a big boy bed.  I realized I'm dragging my feet for a couple of reasons.

First, I think its sometimes easier to tackle these issues out of necessity; as in the arrival of a sibling.  My brother and I are roughly 25 months apart.  Kolton is now 26 months.  When I was his age I was already sleeping in a twin bed.  The thought of Kolton having the ability to get out of bed scares the crap out of me.  Mostly because he is such a good sleeper.  But I'm sure a lot of it has to do with lack of options on his part.  Last night I woke up to the sound of his mobile at 3:00am.  If he is awake at that hour and has the freedom to move about; how do you know what he's up to?

And second, I've been using his talking as a crutch.  I've been thinking that I need to get him to communicate verbally before moving on to anything else.  But the truth is he does understand language and he can communicate using signs or sounds.  I think I am incredibly afraid of failure.  Both his and mine.

Spoil-itus

When I picked up Kolton from preschool today I was met by both teachers with stern looks on their faces.  "Something happened today" they said.  OMG; did he push or bite another kid?  Crap his pants and throw it all around the room?  He's never done anything like that so I couldn't imagine what it could be.  

"He got mad at us" they reported.  Apparently while one teacher was changing a diaper and the other was engaged with another student Kolton wanted to be picked up and was vocally displeased when neither of them would.  Whew!  The way they were acting I was expecting much worse.  

The funny thing is they both agreed that it was nice to hear his vocal ability because he's so quiet all the time.  I quickly explained that he had just spent a week with his Grandma and was most likely suffering from a bad case of spoiling.  

See Ya!

I'm off to Mexico in the morning for a bachelorette party!  Whoo Hoo!  So Kolton gets to bask in the glory of grandma time for  a few days.  I'll be back late Saturday.  I think its just the right amount of time to be away without missing my little man too much.

So as I was packing this evening I cut the tags off of everything I put in my suitcase....swim suits, cover ups, shoes, dresses, even underwear. Oops!  Seems as though I've been a little over anxious about some much needed R&R.

Weather People Get Paid?

About 10 days ago we first heard about the possibility of a massive snow storm that could hit the Richmond area.  By yesterday you could feel the general defeat of the weather report...mostly rain, all rain, nothing but rain.  I can't believe these people get paid to be so wrong!

This wasn't snowpocolypse or anything like that but, we had blizzard like conditions all day.  This wasn't the day to run low on diapers.  I started the day with 7...4 of which were a smaller size that I found stashed in a gym bag.  Hey, we were only supposed to get rain!  So on top of being on edge about that we also lost power for a good 5 hours.  I ended up taking Kolton to iHop for dinner after the precipitation subsided.  Then a quick stop for diapers.  At 7:00 we still did not have power.  I had just lit a bunch of candles when it switched back on.  Yay!  But now we have no hot water.  Boo!

And yes, that is Kolton outside with his cups.  What a funny kid!  We were only outside for two minutes.  He has layers on but I didn't buy snow pants or boots for him this year...I also think his hat may be on backwards.  Its just so hard to justify buying snow gear when he may or may not use them for two minutes a season.

Toddler Memory

Kolton and his cups

I figured out a fun game to play with Kolton and his dixie cups.  I arrange them on the floor in various formations and he collects them in a stack.  Then he hands the cups to me and runs and hides while I start again.  Its hilarious and he loves it.  I'll admit that I am sometimes proud of my creative ability with the different ways to build castles from the little buggers.

For the past two years I've gone about my day to day with a very casual sense that Kolton will never remember this time in his life.  As much pressure as I put on myself over holidays its always in the back of my mind that I shouldn't stress because he won't remember it anyway.  Well, this weekend little man did something thats making me re-think all of this.  We have a wine chiller that stands on the floor about 3 feet high.  Like the ones that a waiter would bring to your table side at a fancy restaurant.  At our house its mostly just decoration but I've also used it to store things from time to time.  When we came back from our walk Kolton put Sophie's collar and leash in it.  I used to do that....like 5 months ago!  Now I either hang it up or use a storage basket.  He ran over with such determination and put it right in.  How did he remember that???  I guess I shouldn't be that surprised since he's learning new things every day.   I just thought it was due to repetition.  But now I see his mind really is a sponge.