Phew! This Spring sure is going fast! Christopher is getting so big and amazing every day.
Christopher's school held a Pre-K graduation ceremony for all the "graduating" 4 yr olds. They were so precious! They wore caps and gowns and even received little diplomas. It was precious. At the end of the ceremony, they put on a slide show. It contained baby pictures with recent pictures as well as some randoms photos that teachers had taken. Tuesday is his last day of school. He is sad. Now, when we pass the school that he will be going to Kindergarten at he says, "there is my big boy school!" :) So sweet. I love that he thinks school is the coolest place ever. I hope he holds onto that feeling for a grade or two!
Other than that, there isn't much going on. We are going on vacation in 11 days (not that I'm counting down the days...) and we can't wait! We will be going to SC for my brother's high school graduation. I can't believe my baby brother is going into college! GAH! Where does the time go?
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
"When I'm 8...
I'm going to get a job, a cat and then find a restaurant and get married. Actually I'm going to get married at Serranos (a local Mexican restaurant)" Thinking back to a few days Christopher asked me if I people could get married in restaurants. I told him yes, I suppose people could get married anywhere they wanted. Lol, I guess he really was paying attention to me. Hahaha. That's what Christopher told Jonathan and I the other day over dinner. It was hilarious. He was SO very serious. I asked him if he had any girls in mind (he's been going through a "girl craze" lately) and without a moments hesitation he said "yes." I said "oh really? Who?" He looked at me and said "Paulina" with a very longing look in his eye. "Is she in your class?" Even though I knew she was. "Yes, she is." I said "Oh, she's pretty." "Mom, she's BEAUTIFUL!" he said to me. It was so funny. Every girl he comes into contact (whether it's the check-out girl at the grocery store, a girl on a t.v. show, girl he sees in a store-get the point) is now his "girlfriend." He's a riot.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Trick-Or-Treat!
Tonight we went Trick-Or-Treating. I must say, our kid was definitely the cutest one out there! He was the most adorable Harry Potter EVER. Even cuter than Daniel Radcliffe (the actor who plays Harry Potter). He received so many compliments that it made all the time I spent knitting the Gryffindor scarf, hemming his cloak and scouring the world (ok, maybe just the Austin-Round Rock area) for a children's tie (seriously, doesn't anyone dress their children up anymore?) worth it. He was SO excited to show off his costume. He really enjoyed seeing the other kids costumes too.
After Trick-Or-Treating we went out to dinner. There were employees coming out of the kitchen just to see Christopher's costume! It was a riot! He thought is was hilarious that people "recognized" him. He even learned a spell (memorized from the 1st movie) to dazzle people with. He is such a ham! He had such a blast. It was so much fun to see the look on his face.
After Trick-Or-Treating we went out to dinner. There were employees coming out of the kitchen just to see Christopher's costume! It was a riot! He thought is was hilarious that people "recognized" him. He even learned a spell (memorized from the 1st movie) to dazzle people with. He is such a ham! He had such a blast. It was so much fun to see the look on his face.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
My Baseball Ball
Ah, it's finally the end of a long week!
Today Christopher came up to Jonathan and I and said he wanted to go outside and play baseball. He looked at Jon and said "I'll go outside and get my baseball bat and my baseball ball!" It was so hilarious. He cracks me up on a daily basis.
The puppy is house-trained! Hallelujah! He goes to the kitchen door and "knocks" on it whenever he needs to go out. Unfortunately, he feels the need to go outside every 6.3 minutes. Hey, I'll take what I can get! :-)
Tuesday, Christopher's school is having "Bike Safety" with the local Police. He is so excited he can't stand it! A) he gets to show off his super cool bike to all his friends and B) the Police are going to be there! I think Santa is going to need to bring a new bike this year again, he's already outgrown the one he brought last year!!
He is growing like crazy lately! Everyday he looks taller than he did the previous day. *Imagine me falling over* In shirts and shorts he's in a 4T, however, in jeans he's in a 5T. Where did my baby boy go?!
Today Christopher came up to Jonathan and I and said he wanted to go outside and play baseball. He looked at Jon and said "I'll go outside and get my baseball bat and my baseball ball!" It was so hilarious. He cracks me up on a daily basis.
The puppy is house-trained! Hallelujah! He goes to the kitchen door and "knocks" on it whenever he needs to go out. Unfortunately, he feels the need to go outside every 6.3 minutes. Hey, I'll take what I can get! :-)
Tuesday, Christopher's school is having "Bike Safety" with the local Police. He is so excited he can't stand it! A) he gets to show off his super cool bike to all his friends and B) the Police are going to be there! I think Santa is going to need to bring a new bike this year again, he's already outgrown the one he brought last year!!
He is growing like crazy lately! Everyday he looks taller than he did the previous day. *Imagine me falling over* In shirts and shorts he's in a 4T, however, in jeans he's in a 5T. Where did my baby boy go?!
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Halloween Costumes
It appears that it is that time of year again! Normally, by the time Halloween rolls around the weather has become crisp, the leaves are falling off the trees and it is dark out by 6 p.m. However, here in Texas (a.k.a. Northern Mexico) October is nothing but the start of a new season. See, here we have 2 seasons. There is "Blistering-I Hate This Place-I Think My Skin Might Be Melting Off-Hot" and then there is "Slightly Cooler-Perhaps You'll Get to Wear a Sweatshirt if You are Lucky-You Won't Sweat Walking to Your Car-Hot". I prefer the latter. I remember Trick-or-Treating in Lowell and being mad that I had to wear a sweater over my beautiful Snow White dress. Last year, my poor kid was sweating uncontrollably in his Batman outfit.
This year Christopher was undecided what he wanted to be. He wanted to be Batman again. I told him no, once you are 13 you can be whatever you want for 3 yrs in a row if you want, however, you are 4 you will not be a repeat offender. :-) He waffled back and forth over being "Ben 10" and "Woody (from Toy Story)". I took him to Target only to find they had nothing. Wal-Mart was our next step. Christopher really liked the "Woody" costume that they had. Upon inspection, it was $29.99 for a one-piece jumpsuit. No thanks. I told him that if he wanted to be "Woody" we would go to the Disney Store.
I was hopeful! They would certainly have them, right? NOPE. They didn't have his size (I won't go into my raving tangent about how practically half the store was dedicated to girls princess costumes and there was literally 4 options for boys! >:o) Poor thing was devastated. I must admit, I wasn't that sad as they were $35 (when did Halloween turn into a $150 costume event? After the outfit and all the accessories good grief)! Yikes! So off the the Halloween Express (yes, apparently there is a store that specialized in Halloween stuff). We found the perfect costume!! Christopher is going to be Harry Potter. We got the cloak (which is way to big however, it was the only one even close to his size in the Austin area), glasses and the wand. Now all I need is the tie. He looks P-R-E-C-I-O-U-S!! I can't wait for Halloween so I can take pictures of it!!!!
This year Christopher was undecided what he wanted to be. He wanted to be Batman again. I told him no, once you are 13 you can be whatever you want for 3 yrs in a row if you want, however, you are 4 you will not be a repeat offender. :-) He waffled back and forth over being "Ben 10" and "Woody (from Toy Story)". I took him to Target only to find they had nothing. Wal-Mart was our next step. Christopher really liked the "Woody" costume that they had. Upon inspection, it was $29.99 for a one-piece jumpsuit. No thanks. I told him that if he wanted to be "Woody" we would go to the Disney Store.
I was hopeful! They would certainly have them, right? NOPE. They didn't have his size (I won't go into my raving tangent about how practically half the store was dedicated to girls princess costumes and there was literally 4 options for boys! >:o) Poor thing was devastated. I must admit, I wasn't that sad as they were $35 (when did Halloween turn into a $150 costume event? After the outfit and all the accessories good grief)! Yikes! So off the the Halloween Express (yes, apparently there is a store that specialized in Halloween stuff). We found the perfect costume!! Christopher is going to be Harry Potter. We got the cloak (which is way to big however, it was the only one even close to his size in the Austin area), glasses and the wand. Now all I need is the tie. He looks P-R-E-C-I-O-U-S!! I can't wait for Halloween so I can take pictures of it!!!!
Thursday, October 15, 2009
School Picture Day!
Today is school picture day at Christopher's school.
This past weekend I tried to trim his hair because it was starting to 'fro out. Now, typically (remember the key word in this sentence is TYPICALLY) this isn't that big of a deal. I trim his hair all the time and it comes out fine. However, since we were on vacation and such his hair had become quite long. I thought "using the clippers on the longest setting won't be too bad" WRONG. Good grief, Charlie Brown. This child went from a near afro to a whiffle in about 15 seconds. *Note to readers: when your husband says the 1/2" blade is the longest setting be sure to check ALL of the clipper blades!* Of course, once you have taken out a stripe you can not stop. Poor child. Thank goodness he is ridiculously good looking and can pull off any look! ;-)
This past weekend I tried to trim his hair because it was starting to 'fro out. Now, typically (remember the key word in this sentence is TYPICALLY) this isn't that big of a deal. I trim his hair all the time and it comes out fine. However, since we were on vacation and such his hair had become quite long. I thought "using the clippers on the longest setting won't be too bad" WRONG. Good grief, Charlie Brown. This child went from a near afro to a whiffle in about 15 seconds. *Note to readers: when your husband says the 1/2" blade is the longest setting be sure to check ALL of the clipper blades!* Of course, once you have taken out a stripe you can not stop. Poor child. Thank goodness he is ridiculously good looking and can pull off any look! ;-)
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Our Newest Edition
Perhaps it's because I've been overly sad about not having another baby lately or because it was my birthday but we (mostly me :D) decided to get a puppy!! After a lot of deliberation, we decided that our next dog would need to meet the following criteria:
We have named him "Zander." We went with that name because our other dog's name is "Calliope" which is a Greek name, so we continued the theme. He is already crate trained (he's only been in our house 6 nights) and is THIS CLOSE to being house trained! He has mastered the "sit" command and the "down" command."
Calli and Zander love each other! I really think 2 dogs are much easier than 1! She is a big help. She shows him what the "right" things are to do. Since she doesn't potty in the house, it helps keep him from doing it. She is crate trained so it helps him to see that the crate isn't a horrible place to be.
We ♥ him so much!!
- Kid Friendly
- Smart
- Hearty
- Smart
- Did I mention smart?
We have named him "Zander." We went with that name because our other dog's name is "Calliope" which is a Greek name, so we continued the theme. He is already crate trained (he's only been in our house 6 nights) and is THIS CLOSE to being house trained! He has mastered the "sit" command and the "down" command."
Calli and Zander love each other! I really think 2 dogs are much easier than 1! She is a big help. She shows him what the "right" things are to do. Since she doesn't potty in the house, it helps keep him from doing it. She is crate trained so it helps him to see that the crate isn't a horrible place to be.
We ♥ him so much!!
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