Toddler Lab

Today was orientation for McKay's Toddler Lab program through the college. We were lucky that Sean had today off so he could take McKay and I went for the first 15 minute during my lunch. I can't believe he's getting to be such a big boy. Just the thought of him becoming this little man made me such a proud mom that tears began to well up in my eyes. Just before those proud tears began to flow...McKay took a huge handful of beans at the discovery table and threw them across the room making a huge mess. All the parents there looked to see who was responsible for this kid who was making a such a mess, that's when I wanted to cry because I was pretty embarrassed that I obviously hadn't taught my son the proper bean etiquette. Oh my Kayo. I was thrilled that he had a good time. Too bad for him, though, because he's going to miss the first 2 weeks of class while we're in Ohio. That's a sacrifice I'm willing to make.

P.S. I wanted to wish a very happy birthday to my sister Becca, tomorrow!!!!

BFF

Is it weird that I consider McKay my best friend? Whatever. I don't care if it is weird because he is. I know that in the near future McKay will prefer to play with other kids instead of me, but I'm loving that Sean and I are his favorite playmates.

Guess where we're going next weekend? To OHIO!!!! Oh yeah! We'll all be there for a total of two weeks! I'm so excited to go home to see my family AND I get to see all my best friends from high school at Kristin and Garrett's wedding. I'll do my best to post lots of pictures from our trip.

"Let's all hurry to the flying Fairy School"

*Bonus points if you know what my title is referring to*

Today didn't go as planned, but then again, when does it ever? So the plan was to pick up our basket of produce from Bountiful Baskets at 7:30am (our scheduled time) and then go straight to IF to hit up Winco. Then we would come home, put McKay down for a nap, and be able to do something fun in the afternoon. Sounds like a pretty good day, right?

Instead McKay woke up around 6am which meant that he would need to nap earlier so we couldn't go to Winco when we wanted to. So he napped around 9 and then we just ended up hanging out around the house. Well, by 4:00 I was needing to get out of the house and tired of McKay destroying everything so we took him to the playground at my school. For the first time McKay became brave on the playground and climbed up to the high slide and then went down by himself. I was ready to catch him if he fell (nervous mom!), but he did great.

So not the day I had pictured, but we ended up having a good time. Sorry this post is kind of random, but I watching Sesame Street with McKay as I'm typing and this show does a pretty good job holding my attention and distracting me from blogging.

McKay with Mr. Potato Head's glasses

Me - "No, put them on your eyes!" Close enough.

Wordless Wednesday - watching Sesame Street

It's been awhile...

I know, I'm sorry, but I've had zero energy these last few weeks and almost zero interest in blogging. I even went a few days without checking out Pinterest (gasp!). The start of school was really rocky for me for some reason (I know the reasons, I just don't want to share them on my blog). There were a lot of tears from myself and the incoming first graders (totally normal), but rest assured, everything is all good now.

Besides school, here are some of the reasons why we've been crazy around here: McKay got Strep and had a rash all over his body (on the 4th day of school!), we went to Utah to see my parents, grandparents and Taylor & Logan, and now Sean's in Boise at a training for a new computer program for his school so I'm flying solo. Oh, and did I mention McKay threw up a couple times today? No biggie, right?!? So you'll have to excuse me if I've completely ignored this blog and my photo challenge. I'll catch up when I have the time....yeah....

Here's some good news though - McKay is finally deciding to talk. He's been able to for some time, but he's stubborn and hasn't really wanted to. We're getting there though. He's really into trucks, cars, and trains right now. Here he's playing with his train saying "choo choo!" LOVE

While we were in Utah we stopped by Ikea and picked up this awesome shelf. We used to have our coffee table here, and it had stacks of books on it. It was just messy looking. This is much better!

P.S. I decided to redo my {Day 3} Clouds pictures since the other one was pretty lame. This one is much cooler!