Stall Tactics

I'm guessing if you have a toddler you are aware of the 500 stall tactics they can use so they don't have to go to bed. Henry is getting a little more creative these days and we appreciate this because it adds a little more humor to it.

Last night he brought out some good ones.....

First up - "He comes down and tells me that his coloring book does not belong in his room but in his play room." Yes, he is correct, we don't have toys or those kinds of things in his room.  He promptly took the coloring book and placed it in his playroom and then went back upstairs.

Second up - "I have to tinkle." He switched it up because his normal go to is "I have to poop" and 9 times out of 10, he does. So, we told him to go sit on the potty. He comes out and says "The tinkle won't come out." I reply, "Probably because you really don't have to go." He of course starts laughing.

Third Up - He just walks downstairs and goes into his playroom. We have no idea what he was doing until the Fourth trip.

Fourth Trip - "Mommy. I don't need these cars in my room anymore, please take them from me and put them back in my playroom." I guess he took them upstairs with him on trip number 3.

It is now about 9:45pm and I have to use the no sticker card to get him to stay in the bed. Yes, it worked because he loves to add stickers to his sticker chart and he knows that he is three stickers away from a Target trip.

No, my child is not normally up this late but he napped at school from 1:40 to 2:30 and this is what happens when he naps......HE WON'T SLEEP! On no nap days he is in bed and asleep just after 8pm. We actually have to tell school not to have him nap and yes they look at us crazy but what can you do.

I'm looking forward to seeing what else he will come up with in the upcoming weeks.

Making a Mom Proud

We just got Henry's assessment from school for the Spring Semester. It just warms a mother's heart when the teacher says this in the comment section.

Henry has learned so much in the class and I feel he has mastered all of his developmental milestones at this level. He really enjoys learning and is very outgoing. I believe Henry is beyond ready to move to preschool and I think he is going to continue to excel in all areas. I am very happy with all the progress he has made. I am going to miss him so much once he moves to preschool.

They also noted that he loves to sing. I surely hope he can carry a tune better then his mother.

Henry will start Preschool on June 14th and he is actually very excited about it. Everyday he asks if he can go to his new room. I hope he loves it as much as he loves his old room. 

Word (less) Wednesday

Somebody is confused on who the baby is in the house...........

Wordless Wednesday

I love Mary's daycare bc days when I miss her it seems like they know and they send me pictures!

Almost Ready

Yep that is a picture of a dog cage and some treats we got for Maggie. We are picking her up tomorrow around 11:30am. Henry is beyond excited and I have to say I am too but I do have some mixed emotions.

I know Maggie will never replace Ellie because Ellie was mine and Charlie's dog. Yes, of course she was around with Henry but it really wasn't his dog. Maggie is going to be his dog, she's going to be our family dog.  She is going to be the dog that Henry sleeps with at night, she's going to be the one that is there for his first day of school, the one that follows him around, the one that makes his day brighter.

She will be Mary's dog too but she obviously is too young to understand. Although, I am pretty excited about Maggie giving Mary some slicks on those big ole cheeks.

So tomorrow afternoon we again our dog family, looking forward to this new adventure and having the love a dog in our house again.