Mommy's Little Helper

Or Not!

Dear Raina...

Tyson was playing with the neighbor girls, Cadence and Raina, the other day. He apparently hit Raina on the head. Joel finds him sitting at the table with a piece of paper and pencil. Keep in mind the child really only knows how to write a "T". He reads as he writes, "Dear Raina... I am sorry for hitting you on the head."

Sorry Raina!

Baseball, Baseball, and more Baseball

Tyson finally has a new favorite movie and it is not even animated! He now loves, and I mean loves, The Sandlot. He wants to watch this movie over and over and he now quotes it. His favorite quote, "you're killin me Smalls!" He now wants us to call him Smalls, Noah (after his cousin who he watched play 2 weekends ago), Blake (another cousin he wants to be like), or Jack who plays on Noah's team. He has even convinced the neighbor girls to do this. He actually swung the bat so many times this weekend that he got a blister on his finger. Good thing the Easter Bunny brought him some batting gloves or he would have had to quit. He wanted to play baseball ALL weekend. And as you know from previous blogs, if Tyson says something in a complete sentence we do it! (We really might need some counseling for this!) Don't get me wrong though we are lovin every minute of it! I apparently forgot to take one picture during the HOURS of batting this weekend. I will post some soon!

Tyson with the Junction City General!

I'm Sure You Are All Dying to Know!

I was just sitting here wasting time on the computer, minding my own business when what do I hear? Tyson opening the bathroom door, putting the toilet seat down, placing the kid seat on the toilet, and silence. I waited... "I Pooped! Mommy, I Pooped!" I went into the bathroom to verify that it was really poop and...He had done it! And he had done it ALL BY HIMSELF!!!!! He has had one accident in the last 2 weeks. This is really scary for me to say, but, I think Tyson is officially potty-trained!!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!

Blake's Graduation

Blake with his 2 godsons! What a trooper!

Grandma with the kids!

Chase and Tyson

The graduate and dad

Charlie with Grandma

Charlie with Aunt Joellen

The ENTIRE family!

Truly amazing!

Memorial Day Weekend:

thursday 6pm - head to Iowa

friday 8:30am - out the door to Gilbert, IA to help my sister, Kelli, get ready for the party

friday 11:30pm - back to Des Moines to sleep at my sister Jenni's house

saturday 10am - nephew Noah's baseball game

saturday 11:30am - back to Gilbert to finish getting ready for graduation party

saturday 4pm - Blake's Graduation Party begins!!!!

saturday 11:45pm - back to Des Moines to sleep

sunday 5am - out the door to airport for my friend, Jeannine's wedding!!

sunday 5pm - wedding in Indianapolis, IN

monday 8am - back at airport in Indianapolis

monday 3pm - land in Des Moines airport and head to Gilbert

monday 4pm - nephew Blake's baseball game, then back to Des Moines

tuesday 6:3opm - nephew Blake's soccer game

tuesday 8pm - drive back to Manhattan

wednesday 1am - pull in driveway at "Mommy's House"

And this doesn't include while I was busy with the party stuff and in Indianapolis Joel and the boys went to the zoo, 3 more baseball games, and a graduation party for Joel's cousin. (more pictures to come) Do we know how to fill a weekend or what?!?

Congratulations Blake! We are so proud of you! Love you ALL!

I Got A New Camera!

Tyson Stories

Tyson has been on a roll lately. He is learning so much everyday and his vocabulary is really starting to blossom. Multiple times a day he makes us laugh, so I thought I would share a few of them.

1) Tyson and I were walking through Wal-Mart yesterday doing some grocery shopping. The place was filled with flowers for Mother's Day. He looked at me and so preciously said, "Flowers for you Mommy?" Of course I had to buy them! Happy Mother's Day to me, right?

2) We were all sitting down a couple weeks ago watching the Miss America pageant. (Sad, I know!) As we were watching it Tyson says, "Like you Mommy." Of course I thought he was talking about the beauty, but it turns out the girls name was Kristen. Tyson says, "Kristen, like you Mommy." Who knew he was paying that close of attention?

3) It was time to get the boat in to have it looked at before we take it out on the lake. We went as a family and picked it up today. We dropped it off at our house and loaded back up in the car to go to the bank Appreciation Day. We are walking back to the car and Tyson runs to the back and says, "It's gone, where did it go?" We asked him what he was talking about, and he says, "The boat! It is missing!"

4) As you all know potty training has been a nightmare for us. We have tried everything! One thing we tried was to have him run around in the backyard with no clothes on to get him to see the pee come out. (I am not kidding when I say we tried EVERYTHING) Well, he has decided that it is really cool to pee outside. He drops his pants wherever he is and just lets it go. I guess I can't complain too much since he is not peeing in his pants!