Big Boy Bed

We had a productive afternoon converting Mac's crib to a toddler daybed. He is really excited about it. He would hardly even let us put the mattress back on before he was trying to climb up. As you can see he was immediately ready to go "night-night" or at least pretend. We shall see if it actually lasts and he wants to sleep in there by tonight.

We are expecting a rough night, but it won't be any different than the past week. He is having nightmares or something that wakes him up every night screaming. He doesn't want to go back to bed unless someone stays with him, that has made for many nights on the floor or the chair in his room. I have a hope (but not expectation) that this might help snap him out of whatever is going on. At least this might be a good time for change since things haven't been going well anyway or maybe a terrible time (we shall see tonight).

One of our biggest concerns is that he won't stay in bed, but he isn't staying there anyway lately so that is nothing new. For a while now he has been jumping out of his bed and no punishment or reward seems to be enough to keep him there.

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.

New Bedtime Routine

No matter how well a bedtime routine works, it never seems to stick.
We always adapt and go with what works. Sometimes its sweet, sometimes its a battle, and sometimes it is just cute.

The new one definitely falls under the cute category. Samantha received a Little Mermaid birthday card and Mac has decided that it is his. And that he has to look at it every night.
He did this a few nights before we remembered to get a video camera out. In the past he would always get shy whenever we tried to record him doing something cute or funny. Not this time. This time he decided to ham it up and put on an even better show.

It might take a while to load, but we think it is worth your time.



The best part is that when the camera was turned off, he tried to instruct Doug to get the camera back out for his last performance.
Not too many dull moments around here.

Can we get our child back please?

How do you get a two-year-old to stop being a two-year-old? (in my head this is to the tune of 'What do you do with a general' from White Christmas)

I don't know if its from being spoiled like crazy over our vacation, or if he's getting sick, or maybe the transition to his new class at school is a little tough for him. It may just be a little from column A and a little from column B (and C). Mac has had a rough couple of days. He is crying more and pitching fits even at school which is not his norm. Slowly, slowly we are bringing him around and today was a better day at school. However it still involved a good bit of crying.

Sadly it seems that it takes a very short time to spoil a kid into rottenness and a long time to get him back to his normal, happy, even-tempered self.

In the mean time, anyone want to babysit?

Disney 2010

So its taken me a few days to get this post up, but we had a mountain of laundry and no food so those were the first priorities.

We had an amazing time at Disney World, but it was exhausting. Mac loved getting to meet the Disney characters. He actually ran up to Minnie Mouse and gave her a hug. He was a little scared of the others though. He enjoyed some of the rides, but I don't know that he fully understood what was going on. The race cars at the magic kingdom were his favorite, we just had a hard time getting him out of the car afterward.

While there Mac wanted little to nothing to do with Doug and I. Since coming home he wants to hold my hand walking through the house. Go figure. We are starting to get back into our regular routine, but it will take some time.

Anyway,here are the pictures. Sorry I know there is way more than most people want to see but I narrowed it down as much as I could.

Disney 2010

Happy Easter!

I haven't had a chance to look at and edit the other photos, but I'll try to post them as soon as I can. For now I hope everyone is having a happy Easter like we are.