The Contents of My Pockets Lately

Every night after dinner we go and explore the neighborhood to see what we can find and guess where everything we find goes-my pockets. I am glad his heavy rock phase is done, now we are into acorns with hats!! He treats every one like some sort of lost treasure-it's so fun to watch.

Canadian Cowboy??

The Artist

Alex loves creating...anything. This includes painting, crayons, colored pencils, stickers, gluing-basically anything that is messy and stresses me out. I actually am really impressed that I allow him to paint freely in our house. He loves it so much it is hard to say no plus it keeps him busy for a long time. I am still trying to get orange paint out of the carpet and purple paint off of the concrete-and just for the record just because it says washable it doesn't necessarily mean that it really is.

Morris

Alex has made friends with the cat down the street who we named Morris. Alex is so gentle with him and loves petting him. I swear Morris waits on his front lawn every night for Alex. As soon as he sees us coming around the corner he runs to greet us. As we continue on our explorations Morris will follow us around the block and all the way back to our house. Needless to say Sydney is not to pleased with this furry friend of Alex's.

Splash Day at School

Wednesday Alex had Splash Day at is school. This entailed lots of shaving cream and lots of water. Alex got really into it and was probably the kid covered in the most cream. I couldn't pull him away from it.

Is this bad luck??

Potty Time

Alex and I started potty training three weeks ago. I say we both started because this was definitely a journey we both took together. I followed the three day potty training method which I wouldn't necessarily recommend but it helped us get on the right track. Well through many tears (mine) and much laugher (his) I think that he finally gets it. He did not have an accident at school this week or at the rec center and has gone two days accident free at home. I am so proud of him. Just when I was about to pull my hair out things finally fell together. As a mother I find myself always second guessing my decisions and questioning everything I do, however with the potty training I followed Alex (literally and figuratively) and my own instincts and never gave up on Alex. I think Alex thought I was going to break and when he knew that I wouldn't he thought he might as well do this potty thing. What a long strange trip it's been...truckin...I couldn't resist putting some pics up of his cute little toosh and his Elmo undies.

Haircut Time

This was Alex's second haircut. We went to a different place this time. The hairdresser was not very friendly but that didn't seem to bother Alex at all. He sat so well the whole time and followed every instruction the hairdresser gave him. He looks as cute as ever.

Daddy Time

Hummus Anyone??

This is Alex's favorite snack. He asks for it over anything else, even cookies. He is so cute when he says it, it sounds more like Hamas please. He loves to offer it to his friends when we have playdates over here.

Backyard Fun

Here's a couple cute ones of Alex in underwear!!! The second one he had just eaten some hot curry and was saying "too spicy".

First Day of School

Alex started at Creative Beginnings on Wednesday. He'll go two mornings a week for the school year. He was very excited to start school and carry his own backpack-it was all about the backpack. When we dropped him off in his classroom he went strait to work on a duck puzzle and playing with a pop-up toy. I took him to the potty and then took a few pictures and he was eager to get started. I had to beg him for a hug and kiss, which he reluctantly gave me and then he was off without looking back. I knew that he would be fine but a few tears for my sake would have been nice. When I picked him up after lunch he was sitting on the potty-too cute. He had a great day and the only thing he complained about was not getting anything to drink!! I think he is going to have a great year with his teacher Ms. Maxine.