Baby Dust

In the car the other day Nate was enthusiastically talking about his room at mom-mom's house.  He was describing it in detail and telling me all about the toys in his room, and the bed in his room, and the books in his room.  Then he got to the closet.

The closet in Nate's room at mom-mom's house is HUGE.  I could, in fact, be another room for Nate to play in.  He was telling me about what was in it and how it was organized, and then he says, "and mommy it smells really good too."  I said, "Oh?  What does it smell like?"  and Nate replies, "It smells like baby dust...good!"

I figured baby dust = baby power, but in fact that closet smells like lavender, so in Nate's mind lavender = baby dust.  I love it!

The 3 Faces of Nate

Serious (an unsuspecting)

Smiling

Goofy

Midnight Golf Cart Rides

Ok, so it in not exactly midnight, but it was a golf cart ride at night... and Nate loved it!

Party Pics -- Better Late Than Never

Here are some pics that Nate's Nana took at his birthday party back in Jaunary

Goofy Guy

Mustache

The other day Nate was drinking a yogurt smoothie and had managed to get a yogurt mustache, if you will.  He turned to me and in a very deep voice said, "Hi Mommy!"  He continued, "I'm talking like a man because I have a mustache!"

Seriously... where do they come up with this stuff?

In the Jungle, the Mighty Jungle the Lion Sleeps Tonight....

Nate came running out of his classroom this afternoon looking like this which I thought was cute, but very random until my mother reminded me that March comes in like a lion... and out like a lamb.  I wonder if on the last day of March I will have a little lamb following me home.

Dr. Drill and Fill

Another birthday present being put to good use... Dr. Drill and Fill. 

Is dentistry in Nate's future?

4 Year's Old

Nate turned 4 on Sunday.  We celebrated with a kids party at a local gym, cupcakes, a house full of balloons and presents.

Here is Nate playing with his marble run from mom and dad.  For 4 solid hours he did nothing put build marble track and race marbles.

 

 

And here are pics of Nate's birthday cupcakes and his birthday shirt that I made him.

Hopefully someone took pictures at his party.  I will post them when I can.

Sledding for the First Time

We had snow over the weekend, not much, but enough to require shoveling and snow blowing.  Jon was talking up sledding to Nate, but Nate was uninterested.  So, Jon decided to show him what sledding was all about.  Jon got out the sled and headed down the front yard.  Nate and I watched from the door.  After Jon got to the bottom, Nate looked at me and said "Mommy, I think yes." We tried sledding in the front yard, but it was not a good choice, too close to the road and the cars.  So, we bundled everyone up and headed over to a local sunken baseball field with great sledding hills.

Daddy and Nate making the long walk back up the hill

And A video of Daddy and Nate heading back down

What Happens When You Take a 3 Year Old Washer/Dryer Shopping

So a Nate Walks into a Bar...

This was taken in October... at the lunch after my grandfather's funeral.  I love the goofy face... too cute!

Happy Thanksgiving from Nate

Nate must have been very busy at school last week because when he came home on Tuesday he had a backpack jammed full with Thanksgiving crafts:

His "Thankful Pumpkin"

His Turkey

His Pilgrim Hat

And a Native American Headband

N A T E spells Nate

Nate knows how to spell his name, but he is just learning how to write it.  The other day we were playing with Playdough and Nate shaped all the letters of his name entirely on his own.  He then arranged them on the table, and although they are backward it is still pretty impressive

More funny Sh*t Nate says

• We were talking about how everyone in the house snores and Nate says, "Daddy, I don't even know how to snore."
• Jon asked Nate" Nate, why does mommy have an attitude?"  Nate replied "Because she has a vulva." (either he doesn't know what he is talking about or he knows too much, I can't decide)
• While watching a Phineas and Ferb episode featuring chicken soup Nate says to me, "Mommy, I don;t like chicken soup... it makes me allergic to cats."

Fall 2011

Nate and I have been busy this fall.  We have discovered some new playgrounds and a big hill to climb again and again.

We ate cupcakes... yum!

And relaxed... on dog beds... in Petsmart.

And we were struck down by illness... a double ear infection for Nate just in time for Halloween... He never made it off the couch, poor baby.

But once the antibiotics kicked in he started to feel more like his normal self...

Halloween 2011

I love Halloween!  I decorate the house, wear costumes to work, make caramel apples, carve pumpkins, etc.  Nate, on the other hand, does not really like Halloween.  I got him to wear a costume for his first Halloween, but he was only 10 months old so he didn't make much of a fuss.  On his second Halloween I wrestled him into his Yoda costume for approximately 7 seconds before he ripped it off.  Last year was kind of a fiasco.  We bought him a Buzz Lightyear costume.  Then he decided that he wanted to be Gir from Invader Zim, so I made him a Gir costume.  When Halloween night rolled around Nate decided that he did not want to wear any costume or go out and get candy because... he was coloring.   

So this year, I have really no hopes of anything.  I wasn't planning on making him a costume because he doesn't like to wear them.  I rolled him through the Halloween isles at Target and he didn't see anything he wanted to be.  So I was a little shocked when he told my mother, his preschool teacher, and anyone else who asked or would listen that this year he is going to be "TrackBuzzGir."  What is "TrackBuzzGir" you ask?  According to Nate is it Buzz Lightyear's Body with Gir's head and train tracks for feet.

Lucky for me we have most of the components for this costume already, all I have to do is make some felt train track shoe covers, or not, we'll see what happens.

Nate-isms

The other night while Nate was in the bathtub he accidentally got some water up his know.  If you have ever had this happen, you know it kind of tingles and burns a little bit.  Nate clutched his head, as if in agony, and wailed, "Mommy!!! My brain hurts!!!"

It was hysterical.

Nate's First Day of Pre-school

Nate's first day of pre-school was today and it went way better than I ever could have expected.  He has been excited for this day for a while now, but you never really know how he is going to react to a situation.  And, this is the first time that I have ever left him in unfamiliar surroundings.

I was trying to make this as festive and fun as possible, so I created a school banner and hung it in the living room.

The pre-pre-school breakfast shots:

With back pack on and heading out the door:

We walked to school from my mom's house (I don't know that she will be happy with this pic, but it is SO cute!):

And here is Nate walking in to the Pre-school building:

He walked right in, listened when his teach told him where his back pack went, and then got to playing with the toys.  I hugged him, told him I loved him and then left.  Yes, I cried a little, although the emotions are so complex that I can;t exactly put my finger on why. 

When I went to pick him up he was all smiles and excitement.  Telling me about what he did, who he met, etc.  The teacher's aid said "he has a ball" and with that all of my pre-pre-school anxiety slipped away.

Funny story from the first day: 

Nate: "Mommy when I was in school I farted."

Me:  "Oh, did you say excuse me?"

Nate: "No."

Me:  "Nate, did you tell everyone that you farted?"

Nate:  "Yeah mommy..."

I can see a letter coming home soon... something about good manners... ;)

Just Like Daddy

"Now I have tattoos just like daddy!"