Looking forward to spring

I'm looking forward to spring time with more nice weather to get outside with the kids. It helps that they both love it. Almost as much as they love each other.

Growing up

So I started realizing what a big kid Mac is a few weeks ago. One of the first things was that we had to buy new tennis shoes. These shoes don't look like little kid shoes at all. I don't know how well it comes across in the picture, but they could be adult running shoes. I felt a little teary-eyed sitting on the floor in the shoe store.

The next thing I noticed was as we were changing his clothes the other day. He is getting to be a skinny kid. He has gotten so tall suddenly without gaining much weight. It makes him no longer look like a toddler. Of course it helps not to have the added bulk of a diaper.

He also seems to add words to his vocabulary daily. Like today he asked if I could toss something to him. And he asked a question last night about the Israelites.

And the thing that most makes me realize he is growing up is the thoughtful questions he asks. Oh we still get plenty of why's and repeated questions, but he also asks if Orange juice will make his teetee yellow. And if sugar in Tea is what makes him teetee more.

Dream closet

I'm finally creating the closet I've always wanted. It's for my little girl:)

Working

Sorry the picture isn't great, but this is the sight that greeted me when I arrived home from work the other day.

"Look Mommy I look like I'm going to work"

Also an important note:  Mac has learned the pledge of allegiance. I will get video of that up as soon as possible.

Playtime

Perhaps this indicates too much unsupervised playtime. Or maybe this is just how to have fun.:)

A Curious George moment

Tonight Mac was playing and somehow managed to get his foot stuck in his chair. Luckily this exact same thing happened in an episode of Curious George we saw recently so we were well prepared. And also luckily we did not have to call the fire department like they did in George's case. Though Mac probably would have enjoyed that.

Morning with the McFarlands

Good morning everyone. We are visiting Nana and Grandpa Tom. That means our morning started with homemade French toast and now Mac is helping wash dishes. It makes me nervous so I'm distracting myself by blogging.

Splash

Tonight while gathered at Grandma Dalton's house, Mac has enjoyed playing with all his cousins. He's seeming very grown up going up and down the long staircase without any help.

Apparently cousin Walker (who is 3) went to use the bathroom all by himself. Mac seemed to think that was a good idea. Suddenly we hear him crying from upstairs and Lolly and I went running to check on him. He was the only kid up there and he was in the toilet. He had gotten his shorts and pullup pulled down and climbed onto the toilet. Of course he had put the seat up since Walker did. When we got there his legs were dangling out of the toilet and he was crying. He was really upset. I think it scared him and he was worried because his shirt was soaking wet.

The bad part is that I was having trouble not laughing as we fished him out. He was so distraught, but it didn't last long. Once he got dried off and had fresh clothes he was off and running once again.

You should see the other guy...

Mac had a little incident at school yesterday. He and a friend were playing trucks and he somehow ended up with carpet burn on his face. Little boys...who knows?  He got ice though so he was totally cool with it. Besides he loves having a boo boo to talk about.

Silly bands

Mac has discovered silly bands much to our chagrin. Some of his teachers have them so he had seen them. Then last night he found the silly bands attached to his cookie favor from Taylor's party.  (Doug was trying to open the bag with the cookie and Mac asked if he needed scissors) 

I usually don't let him take toys into school, but he wanted to show them to his teachers. I had bad luck with a Barbie skirt that went to school with me and never came back.(don't ask) 

I should have taken the hint though when we pulled up to school and he said "I not put silly bands in my cubby"  hopefully he listened to the teachers when they told him too.

Growing up

Last night Mac went number 1 in his potty right before bedtime.  We recognized the "concentration" face and quickly stopped trying to get him in the bed and put him on the potty.

Tonight was even better.  This time he asked to go potty before bed.  After waiting a while (guess we should get used to that) he stood up, moved the "seat" away and went standing up.  I know we have a long way to go, but it is exciting to see progress.

Warrior dash

Today we went to the warrior dash.  Its a race/obstacle course (think jumping fire and crawling through mud)  mac made alot of friends as always especially when wearing Doug's warrior helmet (as pictured). 

Doug took several pounds of dirt away from Mountain City but most of it has gone down the drain.  One of our favorite parts was checking out all the crazy costumes.  We look forward to seeing the pictures taken by everyone else becuase this is about all we got.  Luckily we met friends there with better camera skills than ours.

The only downside is that Mac was too cranky and Doug was too dirty for stopping at the Dillard house, but we are making up for it with Mirko pasta.

I ride racecar!

Last night we enjoyed a chance for  family outing to the softball fields for a game. Mac loves softball night especially when he gets to ride in the mustang. He calls it the racecar and all he talks about is how he's riding in the racecar. And last night was made even morefun since we won. Mac and I actually watched more of the game than I've seen since before he was born. So it was a win on several points.

Whose child is this?

When Mac and I got home, I told him to come with me so I could change.  I went in our room but he didn't follow.

I finally found him in his room, taking the new bag of socks and putting them into his sock drawer.  Not only that, but I was throwing something away later and found that after he put away his new socks, he put the bag into the kitchen trash!

Keep in mind that nobody told him the socks where his, much less that they needed to be put away.  I'm pretty sure that's his mom and not me.

Who's child is this?

When Mac and I got home, I told him to come with me so I could change.  I went in our room but he didn't follow.

I finally found him in his room, taking the new bag of socks and putting them into his sock drawer.  Not only that, but I was throwing something away later and found that after he put away his new socks, he put the bag into the kitchen trash!

Keep in mind that nobody told him the socks where his, much less that they needed to be put away.  I'm pretty sure that's his mom and not me.

Story time

Mac decided to read a book or two to Samantha who wasn't feeling well.