Aaaaaaaaaaaa!

So now we are in Seattle visiting the in-laws, sadly we couldn't find any toys to play with....




But thank goodness, Buddy has a few connections, all he needed was to make a few of these....

Which ended with a lot of these...

All in all a bunch of super fantastic days!

Ode to a triangle...

OK, so really today was pretty much same ol', same ol'. We played with trains, went to church, came home played with trains, went swimming, then played with trains some more. I know sounds exciting in every way. While we were swimming the hot tub was making some freaky sound and the drainer kept shaking. Buddy was slightly afraid, until I stepped in with my fine mama skills and told him that the hot tub had just eaten and now had some serious indigestion and bad gas. Then the boy couldn't get enough of it. It's amazing how gas can always brighten your day!
We also played a game of favorites...
Favorite shape.........triangle
favorite food..........strawberries
favorite dessert.......pancakes
favorite color.........blue
favorite restaurant....IHOP
favorite thing to do...swimming(I'm sure because that's what we were doing)
favorite outside thing.Lagoon
favorite person........me(once again because I was the only one there)
favorite body noise....heartbeat (this one actually surprised me, we love toots)
So that's it for our day, slightly boring, but super fantastic in it's own way!
We'll see you on the flip-flop!

Need I say more?...

So our day pretty much consisted of this...


But before you completely write us off as total train freaks, we did get some spring cleaning in...


We did go outside and play a game that did not include trains, it's actually one of his favorite games called THERE'S THE GIANT. It basically goes like this, lots of running around, hiding from the invisible giant, the eventual getting eaten by said giant, and yes our favorite, getting pooped out by the giant. Poor kid never had a chance with a mom who thinks that all body functions and fluids are hilarious.
We'll see you on the backside..


All in all a super fantastic day! We miss you dad!

The differences between Buddy and his mom....

This morning dad called and woke us up. Which usually would have been OK, but somehow Buddy thought that meant that Shane was coming home. So Buddy cried a little this morning and I have really been working on my patience. I kept thinking of how we see things differently
Where I saw our recyclables, Buddy saw a train...


Where I saw sparkly puff balls, he saw decorations for a circus train...


Where I saw a crate, he saw a hiding place....


Where I saw an empty cereal box, he saw a passenger train with passengers and lots of windows...


Where I saw a mess, he saw tracks...




Where I saw another mess, he saw bubbles...


Where I saw a sand pit, he saw uncharted territory for his train...



Where I saw a tired mother's lap, he saw the perfect support for a handstand...


Where I saw wasted water running, he saw a waterfall....


All in all a super fantastic day! So off I go again to play with my favorite bundle of joy, I wonder if we'll play trains?

Reduce, Reuse and Recycle...

So today one of us went to school, while the other one went to the gym and pretended to clean the apartment. When we left, we went to go help my mom water her trees, since it hasn't snowed very much this year, and a drought may be headed our way...


While we were at it, we decided to do some spring cleaning and help Papaw get rid of some junk....

It really was a beautiful day, so we decided to take full advantage of it, first with bubbles....


Then with an airplane that of course has bubble rockets (is there any other kind?)...


When we got home Grandma Judy called us, and Buddy wanted to show her his room. So Buddy took these pictures just for you Grandma Judy (sorry I edited down, I don't think that anyone in their right mind would want to see the 50 pictures of his room, although they are stunning)...












And of course we couldn't forget pictures of the train track, just imagine this about 20 more times...

I wonder if he likes trains? I should look into that.
All in all a super fantastic day, of course someone is left up to their own demises (yes, he is aiming for the car) while their mother is ignoring them to blog. Seriously, someone should call DCFS....

Airplanes, airplanes, and more, oh wait I mean trains...

So today we had airplane races, yes one fun-filled hour of airplane races, so exciting I know you all wish you had been here to experience the pure joy of it all. Buddy and my dad made the paper airplanes a few days ago while I was at work and they are actually really good. Buddy labeled his so I wouldn't try to swipe his faster flying machine...


He has had a blast with flying them around our spacious apartment(insert giggle here)...


Then we went to the gym, I couldn't find anyone to watch him, so I had to put him in a safe place...

Then I decided that maybe he ought to practice his water monster skills. Just in case the economy stays bad, he can have a real life skill to fall back on...



Afterwards we went to the library and got some lovely books. We've started reading chapter books, now we have started The Borrowers and Buddy is seriously digging it. Then we were suppose to go to Tiny Tigers, but somehow we ended up in some strange place with a bunch of kids walking around with blue pillows. Good thing Buddy knows how to defend himself, that and really insisting to tuck in his shirt like Papaw (I think it's a super power that makes him stronger)...


On the way home we stopped at the restaurant conveniently located next door for an energy boost after having to fight off all those kids...


All in all a super fantastic day!

Together again.....

So I just finished working 4 days in a row, which to a normal person I'm sure that doesn't sound bad, but seriously, they were 12 hour shifts. To add insult to injury the last was a charge shift and a patient decided to have a seizure, drop her oxygen saturation into the fifties, turn blue, and let her baby tank (the nerve of some people). So I got to use my fancy jaw-thrust maneuver(it was very lovely I must admit) while another nurse bagged her and we run back to the OR. Thank goodness my shift ended 10 minutes after the fun began!! Anyway, I felt like I hadn't spent any time with Buddy, except for sleeping and that doesn't count, so I had full intentions on letting him skip school, turns out I'm that kind of mom, but when he decided 7:30 am was time to wake up, I changed my mind.
So when I picked him up from school we went to the library, turns out it's a holiday so it was closed (silly how you don't know about holidays when you don't get them off), but we completed our usual ritual of going across the street to get an ice cream at Winder Dairy anyway...

While we were there, Buddy decided to educate me on how ice cream is made. First the farmer milks the cow, as demonstrated here...




We weren't quite sure what happens after the milk goes in the bucket, but oh well, tastes yummy no matter how it's made!!!
Then we went to my parents house to pick up a windmill Buddy made in church, it goes super fast...





Then we decided to play/do a creative dance routine in the backyard...


Followed by a lovely rendition of Oh, Susanna, with an accompaniment by Papaw, on our newly made rubber-band guitars...




Later we went to the store and stumbled upon a great steal and attempted to create a wonderful holiday delicacy...





Unfortunately the steal, may not have been such a great deal, since our houses have a tendency to go....

All in all, a diabetic coma inducing, super fantastic day.