Buddies

This afternoon turned out rather well. Besides the little hiccup at naptime, we kept busy. We met my friend Smith and her little boy Greer. Greer is two months younger than Chuck and thought Chuck was hilarious. Chuck would do something and make a sound effect and Greer would just chuckle away. We went to a park that has about 6 soccer fields and then a playground. Chuck started at one end of the soccer fields and walked/ran all the way to the other. He also went to bed an hour late because we played on the playground until 6, so this mama may get to sleep in a few minutes tomorrow!

Here is a pic of the kiddos being goofy.

Animals Galore

It is just plain beautiful here. Chuck usually gets to go outside around 7:30 or 8 everyday so if we haven't left the house at that point, attitudes start flaring ( mine and his). So Chuck and I packed up and went to the zoo today. Does this child look like he wants to go to the zoo?

I think he would rather go to the circus but we went anyway. I was kind of regretting it on the way there because of the face in the picture. I thought "oh no, boy have I got it comin' " We are members but I have never taken him by myself. I know he wants to run some and you can't push a stroller with one hand, it is just so hard. I decided I would brave it and take him with the wagon. I thought if he wants to run, I can easily pull the wagon with one hand or just leave it. I took a bag that goes across the body/shoulders so I could just up and leave the wagon if needed. I have extremem anxiety about taking him places by myself because I know he is going to throw a fit at some point and I feel like people are looking at me like I beat him or something. When really it is the other way around, he beats me.... he is a big hitter.

He sat in the wagon about 50 percent of the time and held my had about 25% of the time and ran the other 25%. It wasn't too bad. He wasn't running away form me like he usually does. His favorite this time were the giraffes and the orangutans. We watched them eat their breakfast. Chuck just kept yelling "hey" to them and them blowing raspberries. I thought for sure they were going to do it back at him. He was really fascinated. That took up a good 15 minutes just watching them eat. We also rode the carousel ( we have to ride on the bench because we cry if we have to sit on an animal... even if the animal is not one that goes up and down). We also rode the train that goes around the big lake there. He was actually very calm and sat in the seat by himself on both rides without trying to climb out.

So our outing was a success.... except for the one instance where he laid in the middle of the walkway and wouldn't get up. Luckily we were the first ones there by a good 30 minutes.

This afternoon when we wake up form our nap we are suppossed to meet our friend Greer at the playground. Greer is two months younger but we haven't even gotten to play with him yet. I think Greer may be a little more subdued than we are. We are going to stop and buy some bubbles on the way since we like to wake up at 2 am and ask if we can blow bubbles.

Chuck watching the giraffes.

Chuck watching the chimpanzees.

We made it!

...without hurting each other. I am not going to say that today was a total success but we only had to sit in time-out once. We made it through our early morning grocery shopping without any hiccups, we did some crafts, went to the playground, and went on a wagon ride. We even took an hour and a half nap ( while mom did school work).

First of all look how high we can jump... I know... so impressive right!

Doped up on Ibuprofen and enjoying the swings.

Decorating a pumpkin with stickers

Making sure the stickers are in the perfect spot.

Apparently this is how we eat grapes now.

Chuck: he is his own person

Stacks of tires..... that's how you entertain an 18 month old at Sams.

This is why mama never gets any rest on the weekends. Chuckaroo always abuses the car rides. We did have a successful grocery trip this morning though! That is not usual.