Beach bums!

The weather has been mah-velous lately! We've been enjoying every second of it at the beach! Here are a few photos to illustrate :)

Ft. Myers Beach


Sanibel

I'd love to bottle this weather & save it for the whole year!

Road trip!

This post deserves more time than I can give it...

To summarize:
Road trip to visit Auntie Katie.
Connor gets carsick all over his outfit & carseat.
I tried to console a sad boy without making contact with the vomit mess.
Nana & Katie went on a mad dash to find Connor some clothes.
Papa & Connor ventured through the parking lot in his skivvies.
I got to clean out vomit.
We enjoyed supper.
Got a kick out of the birds and the fountain.
We had a carsick-free ride home.

Sha-nan-a-gans!

Connor's newest trick~
Stealing the step stool from the bathroom, trotting into the guest room, climbing onto the bed with the step stool, and staring out the window.

He's such a little person. It's so weird!

Buddies!

Connor made some new friends this past week & enjoyed giving them a run for their money! I may seriously rent Dominic & Taylor again just to wear Connor out before bedtime! :)

Dear Papa,

Although you always seem to make it all about me, today is your day!

Work a little less...

Laugh a little more...


And remember how many people love you...

Have a Happy birthday!

Your best buddy,
Connor

Pay attention Mom!!

So I didn't really leave my 22 month old alone. I did find myself temporarily sidetracked for about 1 minute...which led to these shananigans...

Mommy's lesson learned: Never leave a mischievous little boy alone with a giant bag of goldfish crackers. I walked in to see his smirky little face look up as if I wouldn't notice the sea of goldfish all over the carpet.


While I was cleaning up the goldfish crackers in the living room, this is where Mr. Sneaky ran off to... (Mom's closet)


All I could hear was a little voice saying "That" over and over. I walked in to see him pointing to Matt then Mommy then Matt then laughing at himself.


The photo album flipping lasted a good 20 minutes.


Then this precious little face of wonder spotted something a little more interesting...
his duck halloween costume!


After launching about 6 pairs of Mommy's shoes onto the floor & climbing up on the shoe rack to reach the duck, he got sidetracked with the joys of playing peek-a-boo behind Mommy's work clothes.

Remind me again of why we buy our children hundreds of toys when simple household items thrill them to pieces!!!

Slides

It's amazing how a buzz cut can make my child appear about a year older! Today was the dreaded haircut day. I bought these amazing kid clippers that I would recommend to any Mom that cuts her kid's hair. I wish I would have had them from the beginning! Connor is terrified of clippers (since they're so noisy), so was already scarred by the use of them when he was younger. Even though my new WONDERFUL clippers are so quiet & kid friendly, he still associates them with the old HORRIBLE ones. My poor little boy :(. So after a traumatic haircut session, Connor was happy as a clam again! His newest trick: sliding off the sofa. It all began last week when Connor watched a few little girls at McDonald's use the kiddie slide all by themselves. He caught on quickly & became a pro at it. Ever since, my child that once, could careless about slides, has fallen in love with them! He uses our slide on the back yard, slides at McDonald's, and any lounger sofa! It keeps him busy and content, so its wonderful...until he starts to be "all boy" and opts to slide down head first. He likes to give Mommy a heart attack when I walk into the room to see him hanging upside down from the couch. Lots of praising with cheering & applause has worked wonders in teaching him how to slide down on his "hiney" instead of on his "noggin". Here are a few pictures of my big boy using his sliding skills & his oh-so-excited facial expressions after you cheer for him!

*Took a break from sliding off the sofa to watch the neighbor mow the grass*


We then headed out to do some early birthday shopping for Connor. This is probably the last year we can take Connor birthday & Christmas shopping with us, as he'll start to notice all the gifts we're buying for him! The bonus of shopping with a child is that they let you know if they like a toy or not, so its easy to know what to buy!



After much time spent shopping (with a busy busy busy toddler), we headed over t0 McD's for some yogurt parfaits & playground time!



*Check out the adorable plaid Sperry shoes courtesy of Auntie Nicole!*


*Trying out the slide frontwards, backwards....and a few times head first before Mommy swooped in!*


"Hey! You look a lot like Dora!"

You scream, I scream...

Ice cream!!!

Duck!! Bird!!

Connor has a love for animals. Feathered ones in particular. Oh how he could sit & point out birds all day. Oh, the simple things in life that make him happy!

*Nana thought it'd be fun to try to feed the ducks. Connor thought it'd be fun to try some of the bread himself first.*

My little Superman!

Connor was all smiles for me



and his smirk just got bigger and bigger



Until it turned into an outright chuckle



Then he ran off giggling his mischievous giggle as he stole the remote

Such a guy...

Us :)

When we can't be together like this...

...we can thank technology for bringing us together like this...

I can only imagine the technological advancements when Connor is my age.

When I was little, I remember my dad's cell phone in his car being the size of a large television remote. It had a huge base & long, curly cord attached to it. The computers in elementary school were giant, gray, and only took the big square disks. The most exciting games to play were Oregon Trail, Zelda, and Mario. Kids didn't have cell phones until I was in high school.

Connor was born into the era of smart phones, GPS systems, IPADs, video chatting, and interactive video games. Just as I made fun of my parents' having black & white television....Connor will be making fun of me for watching television pre-High Definition!

I'm officially starting to feel OLD. Yuck.