Daddy's eyes are brown because... 8/19/11

Tonight at dinner Tye was talking about our eye colors and said his were blue, mine were blue and daddy's were brown. I said, "that's because daddy is full of hmmhmmhmm". And Tye blurts out "PEANUT BUTTER!" ROFL! He always is saying that daddy hogs his peanut butter, so I guess he thought that is why daddy's eyes are brown! lol He doesn't even realize how funny this is! Can't wait until he is older to tell him this story. :-)

Learning To Tie His Shoes 7/30/11

I have decided that I am a huge slacker as a parent. I guess having fun has taken precedent over teaching him things he should know. Maybe it is because he came to us behind and because he is so short/little that I don't think about these things until I realize, he really should already know this! YIKES! So one of the many things we are trying to teach Tye right now his how to tie his shoes. Daddy got the job this Saturday morning while Mommy was trying to work on something else.

Tye was super excited and so I figured it was a good idea to take some pictures of it! lol


He tried really hard and kept trying...Daddy was trying to show him how to do the "tree method" but with his little hands I thought the "bunny ear" method would be better. So we changed to the bunny ear method and he did great! Here is the first shoe he ever tied! Look how proud he is!

Then we had him practice some more and so he did the other shoe.

His biggest struggle is putting the bunny ears together and holding them with one hand.

Push it through the hole and pull!!!!

He did it!!!

So proud!!!!

Great job buddy! We are so proud of you! You got frustrated a couple of times, but didn't give up and kept trying and ended up doing each shoe twice! Now to practice a few more times and you will be a pro!

Chuck E Cheese 7/28/11

I feel like we haven't been able to do hardly anything this summer. Partly due to time restraints, also I have been watching the baby almost every week so some of the things, like going to the zoo or Busch Gardens have not been possible because he doesn't have a pass to those places like we do and finally money. With the purchase of the car, our "extra" funds have been depleted. :-(

So I was trying to find a fun thing to do that didn't take a ton of time (because I had to be home to watch the baby) and didn't take much, if any, money. I decided on Chuck E Cheese, we had several tokens left over from a previous visit, so we used all that we had. We also took all the "tickets" we have been saving for YEARS and decided to spend what we could! lol

Tye and I rode the "roller coaster" ride. He didn't think it was as fun or scary as the last time...maybe because I wasn't screaming next to him! lol

He had a great time playing the fighter jet game and also the race car game.

We played Skee Ball and I even played my usual ticket making game, Sponge Bob! lol But I got hardly any tickets this time...didn't have the touch today I guess! lol But I did do well at my other fun game, the bubble popping game! lol

Tye played in the playground part. He loves climbing and crawling and finding new friends! lol

He took my picture while I was playing the dog game...where you hit this huge button and it bounces the balls into the dog's mouth. I do okay with it. But think it is fun! lol
I resisted the temptation to get pizza or even the salad bar. We turned in our tickets and Tye ended up getting a car (which took 500 tickets--for something I could buy for like $2 max at Walmart! lol), a whoopie cushion that didn't even work right, a bookmark and a rubber shark. He REALLY wanted this hot wheels race track set, however, it was 4000 tickets! It has taken us 5 years just to get 650 tickets, by the time we get 4000 he will be 18 and going off to college! ROFL!

It was fun and he was happy and we hit Checkers on the way home instead...certainly not better than the pizza, I was hungry and couldn't resist the temptation anymore! lol Oh well, it was a fun morning!