A Day Indoors

Sadly, I was not much fun for Sean today. For some reason, I had trouble sleeping last night and was exhausted when he was ready to get up this am. We played inside the house and watched Wall-E, again (his request). Kenny had been working double shifts and needed sleep tonight, so I kept Sean up from his nap in hopes that he would go to bed early for Daddy.
Sean did show me his latest dance moves. It is so cute, but I'm keeping the video just for us, so that he won't be mad at me when he reads this blog when he's older! I also taught him to do some somersaults and he caught on quickly and did great!
After massive amounts of coffee, I got ready for my much anticipated AZD night (dinner with my sorority sisters). Thank you Kenny for babysitting and giving me a much needed girls night.

Daddy Has A Bo-Bo

Today started off as a pretty lazy day for me and Sean. We played outside a little bit and then headed to the grocery store. We had plans to eat dinner with Mr. Alex, Miss Katie and Kayla, but that was put on hold. Kenny was working with the police dept and he and Alex were patrolling in ATV's. I had just gotten off of the Causeway and was headed to Maw Maw's house for a quick visit, when Kenny called to tell me that he hit a hole on the ATV and he flew forward and hit his chin on the handles and was waiting for an ambulance. I was a bit panicked, but he told me that he was okay and that Alex was with him.
Sean was very upset that he didn't get to see Mr. Alex(Sean's buddy) and kept saying that "Daddy, hurt his teevh". Yes, Kenny wound up with 3 stitches in his chin and is seeing a dentist Mon. am to see about his 2 bottom front teeth that got knocked loose. Poor Daddy, we hope you feel better!!

Breakfast with Daddy

my big boy bike
Today, Kenny took Sean to I-Hop for breakfast and let me sleep in!! I was so surprised and glad that Kenny and Sean got some alone time together. When, they came back, Sean told me that he had blueberry and strawberry syrup on his pancakes. I asked him if he poured it and he said, "no, my daddy did". I think it's so cute that he always refers to Kenny to me as "my daddy".

Sean had been up very early, so he and Daddy were tired and took a good nap after their late breakfast. After naptime, I took Sean out on his new bike. Guess what? He mastered the new bike already!! He had a hard time on it yesterday, but today, he could pedal fast and steer! I was so proud and so was he. We called Dukie, later and told him all about it. Dukie was proud, too!

I took Sean shopping with me to get new dvd players for the car and then we got his favorite dinner, chicken strips and french fries. Today, was a special bonding father/son day!

I'm going to get Sean to sleep because he has school pictures, tomorrow!

Training Day

Today, we woke up earlier than usual, because, Cody, the "bug man" as Sean refers to him, was coming over to spray. Sean loves to follow him around and watch. After Cody left, we headed to the sports store for more t-ball equipment. Kenny said that Sean throws better with his left hand and he also thought it would be cute to get him cleats! So, I found the right glove and got the cleats, but not before a major three year old tantrum, complete with sassy talking to me. Getting up early, just made his mood worse. I had talked to Sean on the way home about putting on his big boy underwear. He started telling me "no". I've been preparing him for this for a couple of weeks now and showed him his "potty toys" this morning.
When we got home, Sean became hysterical and started to cry when I tried to put on the underwear, so I let the issue alone and he took a 2 1/2 hour nap!!
After his nap, I asked if he wanted to try the underwear and he said, "no, thank you". We played for a little bit and he noticed his reward toys, so he let me put the underwear on him. We went to the backyard, since he was just in his shirt and underwear and brought a lot of apple juice with us. It was windy, so I told Sean to look at the trees and watch the leaves dance. I didn't think he was paying attention, but later, he said, "mommy, the leaves are dancing". It was so sweet. Then, he opened the ice chest and lo and behold, he found a baby frog! I'm terrified of them, so I walked away, but he wanted to hold the frog. I told him that Daddy would get the frog for him when he got home. I wanted to take a picture of him looking at the frog, but I figured that in years to come when he reads this, he wouldn't like it if he saw pictures of him in his underwear posted on here! I kept telling Sean to tell me when he had to pee, but instead, he told me as he was doing it and then he thought it would be fun to jump in the puddle he had made and he laughed. At this point, I cleaned him up and put him back in the pull-ups.
When, Kenny came home, they went outside to see the frog, but it jumped away. Later, Sean told me that the frog went home. We'll try training again, later.

Riding the Tractor

Sean's highlight of today was getting to ride the tractor which is really the riding lawnmower, but he thinks it's a tractor. Kenny woke up early and Sean and I went outside to watch him, "weedech", as Sean says. Sean kept asking if he was almost finished because he was so excited to ride the tractor. Then, we watched, Kenny mow the lawn and then, Sean got his turn. Kenny turned the blades off and took the "tractor" into the street and let Sean ride with him and even steer. Sean came inside to tell me all about it.

Then, Kenny went to work and Sean and I played and watched "Handy Manny" and took a nap. Afterwards, I wanted to enjoy the beautiful day, so I took Sean outside to hang my new hummingbird feeder and let him ride his bike. Instead, of riding though, he decided he wanted to pull his wagon around. I'm not sure why he likes this, but he thinks, it's fun. After a major 3 yr old tantrum, we came right inside and Sean said he was "vewy sorry" and ate all of his chicken nuggets for me for dinner. Now, hopefully, he'll go to sleep early so that the Easter Bunny will come!!

Crawfish Boil in Memory of Uncle Danny

collage of Danny

do I have to eat this?

Getting those weeds

Today, Sean and I rode with Maw Maw and Dukie to Mr. Pat's house for Uncle Danny's crawfish boil in honor of his birthday. Kenny had to take a class and couldn't go with us, but all of Sean's aunts, uncles and cousins were there. We thought it best not to tell Sean why were there. It was a hard day for us, but Sean had so much fun which made the day easier.

Sean got to jump on a spacewalk and a trampoline. He went down a slide a lot of times and even played on the swing. He even pumped his legs a little bit on the swing. His favorite toy though, was a weedeater and he used it just like Kenny. Maw Maw and I were laughing watching him "cut the grass".

I was so happy that Aunt Debbie got Sean to eat a hamburger patty. That was a first for my chicken nugget boy.

On the way home, Sean fell asleep and Maw Maw held his head up the whole way, so his neck wouldn't hurt....sweet Maw Maw.

Later that night, Kenny was home and we all watched Marley and Me. It was a wonderful family day and night. We love you, Danny!!!