Nov 3, 2014
A Couple Videos
Nov 2, 2014
Mr Handsome's Conquers His Nemesis
First off, sorry this wasn't out sooner. Halloween was very busy and then Mommy's birthday was also quite packed. So this is getting posted today.
The big news this month is that Colin had blood work done and it came back showing no allergy to peanuts!! We went in to the allergist and did a peanut challenge (which is very boring...bring toys). He passed, so peanuts are okay. Hooray!!
The beginning of the month was quite busy. We went to the Topsfield Fair which he thoroughly enjoyed. We then drove up to N. Maine for a few days which he also enjoyed very much. Colin climbed the 'mountain' up where mommy grew up, Haystack. It was a bit over 1000 ft with some small areas of climbing boulders. Colin did great and made it up to the top with no problem.
Colin is quite the debater at home. Since he's figured out that no is an option and that just "no" is not an acceptable response, we get some arguments from him. It mostly follows the format:
Not Colin: "Colin, it's time to [do something that needs to be done]"
Colin: "Wwweeellll, I'm going to do [the exact opposite]. You can do [thing that needed to be done] if you want to."
We don't know who does the long 'wwweeelllll'.
It's pretty funny watching him pick up or mimic some mannerisms. We try and figure out which of us is the guilty party. Sometimes we really don't know where he picks some things up. He loves to answer his phone and carry on a conversation with someone. He paces the whole time. Neither of us do that so we don't know where he picked that up. He's a little grown up 3yr old
This time we're trying Flickr for the pictures since most sites are cutting their embeding slideshow features. Even Flickr is but you can work around that. Hopefully this works out. You need to click the Show Info tab to see the captions for the images. At some point in the next couple days there are some videos to get posted as well.
The big news this month is that Colin had blood work done and it came back showing no allergy to peanuts!! We went in to the allergist and did a peanut challenge (which is very boring...bring toys). He passed, so peanuts are okay. Hooray!!
The beginning of the month was quite busy. We went to the Topsfield Fair which he thoroughly enjoyed. We then drove up to N. Maine for a few days which he also enjoyed very much. Colin climbed the 'mountain' up where mommy grew up, Haystack. It was a bit over 1000 ft with some small areas of climbing boulders. Colin did great and made it up to the top with no problem.
Colin is quite the debater at home. Since he's figured out that no is an option and that just "no" is not an acceptable response, we get some arguments from him. It mostly follows the format:
Not Colin: "Colin, it's time to [do something that needs to be done]"
Colin: "Wwweeellll, I'm going to do [the exact opposite]. You can do [thing that needed to be done] if you want to."
We don't know who does the long 'wwweeelllll'.
It's pretty funny watching him pick up or mimic some mannerisms. We try and figure out which of us is the guilty party. Sometimes we really don't know where he picks some things up. He loves to answer his phone and carry on a conversation with someone. He paces the whole time. Neither of us do that so we don't know where he picked that up. He's a little grown up 3yr old
This time we're trying Flickr for the pictures since most sites are cutting their embeding slideshow features. Even Flickr is but you can work around that. Hopefully this works out. You need to click the Show Info tab to see the captions for the images. At some point in the next couple days there are some videos to get posted as well.
Oct 1, 2014
New Superpower???
Colin has developed a superpower. He has keen sense of selective listening. It was very strong at the beginning of the month. There was no reaction after multiple attempts. Time outs and toys taken were not well received. Now he doesn't use this power very often. He's resorted to tantrums that look like demonic possession at times. We are definitely being kept on our toes as this is a new thing for Colin. It had to come at some point. Good thing he's still cute.
Preschool is still going very well. He still isn't very forthcoming with what goes on. Luckily they send something home each week to recap what they have been up to. He's excited to go each time and comes running out after in a great mood.
Earlier this month Colin had some blood work done for his allergist. The results came back negative for peanut allergy! We are going in soon to do a peanut challenge with the allergist. Maybe peanuts will be okay, we'll see how that goes.
Cool weather is here (except for the 80 degree days last week). We've made a couple of trips to different farms for apple and raspberry picking. (Unfortunately some of the pictures didn't save.) There were some birthday parties. We had a visit from Grampy. We had a busy month. The Topsfield Fair and Halloween are next month. What will he be for Halloween???
Google keeps killing off some of their software so the album is just a link now rather than the slideshow. Click the link and that should take you to a page where you can see them all. There is a slideshow option on the page or you can just click on a picture and go through them one by one.
https://plus.google.com/photos/101037625380986242479/albums/6064840364263277697?authkey=CIvpt7Cl47D9Ng
Preschool is still going very well. He still isn't very forthcoming with what goes on. Luckily they send something home each week to recap what they have been up to. He's excited to go each time and comes running out after in a great mood.
Earlier this month Colin had some blood work done for his allergist. The results came back negative for peanut allergy! We are going in soon to do a peanut challenge with the allergist. Maybe peanuts will be okay, we'll see how that goes.
Cool weather is here (except for the 80 degree days last week). We've made a couple of trips to different farms for apple and raspberry picking. (Unfortunately some of the pictures didn't save.) There were some birthday parties. We had a visit from Grampy. We had a busy month. The Topsfield Fair and Halloween are next month. What will he be for Halloween???
Google keeps killing off some of their software so the album is just a link now rather than the slideshow. Click the link and that should take you to a page where you can see them all. There is a slideshow option on the page or you can just click on a picture and go through them one by one.
https://plus.google.com/photos/101037625380986242479/albums/6064840364263277697?authkey=CIvpt7Cl47D9Ng
Sep 4, 2014
Preschool
So how was your first day of preschool Colin???? He was really excited before school and when he got picked up. He seemed to have a great first day with no mommy or daddy. The hope was that he would still be just as excited when we went to lunch. He was not. He was getting a bit sleepy and silly so we couldn't get too much information from him. Here's what we did get from him:
He did talk a lot about playing in the playground at school. A couple of names were mentioned, that we are assuming are classmates but it wasn't too clear. Unfortunately he didn't share that stuff on the video. Preschool is a big hit and he's ready to go back.
interview with some background music from the restaurant
He did talk a lot about playing in the playground at school. A couple of names were mentioned, that we are assuming are classmates but it wasn't too clear. Unfortunately he didn't share that stuff on the video. Preschool is a big hit and he's ready to go back.
Sep 1, 2014
Summer is Finishing Up
We had a pretty busy summer with camping, birthday parties, camping again and people visiting. That all seems to be coming to a close. Colin is starting preschool tommorow and no more vacation plans are made.
A lot of time was spent outside playing. Cities are constantly being worked on with Colin's fleet of tractors out in the sandbox and other dirt areas. There are frequent walks up and down the street, which are more of runs for Colin. We spent a week up in Maine camping at a very kid friendly campground with his play group buddies. A bit on the cool side but definitely worth it. Both GaMommy and Yaya came on the trip so he had plenty of adults to help him stay busy. We also went back down to NJ to family camp to meet up with the Flanagans whom we last saw after we left there almost 10 years ago. We just got back this morning at 3a (it seemed like a good idea at the time) so there may be things forgotten. Hopefully the pictures cover the detail or maybe we'll post again with more very soon.
Check out the growth comparison chart down at the bottom. Colin had his 3yr visit and is doing great. In the 4% for height but everything is lining up and proportional. He is amazingly similar in growth to his daddy.
A lot of time was spent outside playing. Cities are constantly being worked on with Colin's fleet of tractors out in the sandbox and other dirt areas. There are frequent walks up and down the street, which are more of runs for Colin. We spent a week up in Maine camping at a very kid friendly campground with his play group buddies. A bit on the cool side but definitely worth it. Both GaMommy and Yaya came on the trip so he had plenty of adults to help him stay busy. We also went back down to NJ to family camp to meet up with the Flanagans whom we last saw after we left there almost 10 years ago. We just got back this morning at 3a (it seemed like a good idea at the time) so there may be things forgotten. Hopefully the pictures cover the detail or maybe we'll post again with more very soon.
Check out the growth comparison chart down at the bottom. Colin had his 3yr visit and is doing great. In the 4% for height but everything is lining up and proportional. He is amazingly similar in growth to his daddy.
Aug 13, 2014
The Big 3
Colin is finally a big boy 3 year old.
He woke up to some birthday balloons. (Thomas and green ones). The first order of business was to make his birthday cake. We spent the last few weeks trying to get some consistency with his answers. Balloons, sprinkles and chocolate seemed to stick. So cake pops were made.....and tested.....and cleaned up.
We went to the Wenham Train Museum which had trains, of course, and a couple other exhibits to check out. Colin loves trains.
We then had a delicious lunch
After not having a nap, even though there was only 7 hours of sleep the night before, we opened presents. So much good stuff. A tent, wind up flash light and boat for camping, build-able cars, a bunch of Thomas books, a tractor/farm set, massive sidewalk chalk and bubbles, and a beach outfit. He was pretty happy with it all and wanted to stop unwrapping to play with each thing.
Cora and Hazel came down for some special birthday dinner of Mac & Cheese with broccoli (Colin's pick) .
Cake pops were enjoyed outside
Followed by some bubble popping.
We decided to try out an annual interview with Colin. The idea is to ask the same questions each year. This had to be tried quite a few times. The first attempt was the best, but the camera froze up. We finally got this one:
He woke up to some birthday balloons. (Thomas and green ones). The first order of business was to make his birthday cake. We spent the last few weeks trying to get some consistency with his answers. Balloons, sprinkles and chocolate seemed to stick. So cake pops were made.....and tested.....and cleaned up.
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| Ready to crush up cake |
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| Each sprinkle on the table needed to be eaten |
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| Outside the museum |
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| studying the train setup |
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| A space ship to sit in |
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| Lunch of ravioli |
After not having a nap, even though there was only 7 hours of sleep the night before, we opened presents. So much good stuff. A tent, wind up flash light and boat for camping, build-able cars, a bunch of Thomas books, a tractor/farm set, massive sidewalk chalk and bubbles, and a beach outfit. He was pretty happy with it all and wanted to stop unwrapping to play with each thing.
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| Unwrapping presents |
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| Finally getting to play with his loot |
Cora and Hazel came down for some special birthday dinner of Mac & Cheese with broccoli (Colin's pick) .
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| yummy dinner |
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| Hugs for mommy |
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| Bubbles with Hazel |
Followed by some bubble popping.
We decided to try out an annual interview with Colin. The idea is to ask the same questions each year. This had to be tried quite a few times. The first attempt was the best, but the camera froze up. We finally got this one:
Now it's time to prepare for some camping in Maine and New Jersey and his big birthday party.
Jul 31, 2014
Busy Busy
July was a busy month. We had plenty of visitors and plenty to do. Now it's time to get ready for camping and more camping next month.
Oh boy does he like to run, especially when there is water involved and just throwing his body around. He's definitely a little boy. Don't tell him that because he'll correct you and tell you he's big.
This month Colin went to friend and cousin birthday parties which gave him a better idea of the whole birthday concept. We tried to figure out if he had cake flavor preference but that didn't work out. Trying to figure out if he wants anything for his birthday had the same result. If you are looking, marshmallows and balloons are what he wants.
We've been spending time at parks, going swimming and plenty of playing outside. Plenty of visitors this month too. Aunt Coleen flew in from Indiana, the Cockrells from San Diego and Tammy from "the central coast". There are plenty of pictures to peruse. We made a few trips into Boston and got some good Boston area food. Got towed (6years and no issues until now).
I think it's safe to say that Colin is potty trained. The underwear at night has been tried....with one 'incident'. No diapers in quite some time now. It's safe to say they are done...we hope.
Right about the same time the attitude level has gone up.
"Colin, that's mean. You don't hit Hobie, go sit in time out"
"NO DADDY. Don't tell me that!", "I don't want to!", "NO NO NO NO NO!"
So, that's fun. Potty training must have some kind of independence trigger that goes with it.
On to next month with a birthday and more visitors.
Oh boy does he like to run, especially when there is water involved and just throwing his body around. He's definitely a little boy. Don't tell him that because he'll correct you and tell you he's big.
This month Colin went to friend and cousin birthday parties which gave him a better idea of the whole birthday concept. We tried to figure out if he had cake flavor preference but that didn't work out. Trying to figure out if he wants anything for his birthday had the same result. If you are looking, marshmallows and balloons are what he wants.
We've been spending time at parks, going swimming and plenty of playing outside. Plenty of visitors this month too. Aunt Coleen flew in from Indiana, the Cockrells from San Diego and Tammy from "the central coast". There are plenty of pictures to peruse. We made a few trips into Boston and got some good Boston area food. Got towed (6years and no issues until now).
I think it's safe to say that Colin is potty trained. The underwear at night has been tried....with one 'incident'. No diapers in quite some time now. It's safe to say they are done...we hope.
Right about the same time the attitude level has gone up.
"Colin, that's mean. You don't hit Hobie, go sit in time out"
"NO DADDY. Don't tell me that!", "I don't want to!", "NO NO NO NO NO!"
So, that's fun. Potty training must have some kind of independence trigger that goes with it.
On to next month with a birthday and more visitors.
Jun 30, 2014
Who's Potty Trained?!?!
Colin almost is! We've had a few dry nights and short trips out. About 95% of the time he'll let us know he has to go and does so. We have had a few 'lazy moments'.
We can't have the whole blog post about Colin peeing. He had a pretty busy month.
His first time going to a soccer match, which got it's own post.
Colin's first trip to the zoo. We went on a very rainy day, which worked out well. He didn't care about getting wet and there was only a couple of school groups so the zoo was pretty empty. Unfortunately some of the animals were not out yet because of the long winter. We'll just have to go again some time.
Chief Will's Day is Middleton's 4th of July celebration. They do a little fair which is the perfect size for Colin. He was able to try out some kiddie rides, see a parade and get plenty of exercise.
Colin is getting excited about about some upcoming things. There has been talk of his birthday. He knows that he wants balloons, presents and cake. It may be tricky to get him to choose a cake but we'll give it a shot. His favorite color is green so there may be green frosting. Camping in August is also talked about quite a bit. He knows that both are in August so we'll see how confused he gets when finds out its August and he isn't camping or having a birthday that day.
"Colin why didn't you want to go on the potty?"He still yells loudly after going. I'm sure if our neighbors weren't at work they'd be aware of his bathroom visits. He's been pretty good about using the potty this whole month. It was just a sudden switch one weekend when he informed us he needed to go. Before that he needed to have nothing on to go. If he had a diaper or underwear he would choose the easier option. The first time he told us he needed to go was, of course, on a busy weekend. We were picking strawberries, quite a walk to the nearest building, when he announced he needed to go. Surprisingly he made it to bathroom. The next day we were all on a 10K walk when he announced he needed to go....no luck that time. Diapers are getting phased out...bed wetting, here we come.
"Um, I didn't want to go on the potty"
"Oh. Well we like it when you go on the potty like a big boy."
"I like it when I go potty like a big boy"
"Will you tell us when you need to go on the potty next time?"
We can't have the whole blog post about Colin peeing. He had a pretty busy month.
His first time going to a soccer match, which got it's own post.
Colin's first trip to the zoo. We went on a very rainy day, which worked out well. He didn't care about getting wet and there was only a couple of school groups so the zoo was pretty empty. Unfortunately some of the animals were not out yet because of the long winter. We'll just have to go again some time.
Chief Will's Day is Middleton's 4th of July celebration. They do a little fair which is the perfect size for Colin. He was able to try out some kiddie rides, see a parade and get plenty of exercise.
Colin is getting excited about about some upcoming things. There has been talk of his birthday. He knows that he wants balloons, presents and cake. It may be tricky to get him to choose a cake but we'll give it a shot. His favorite color is green so there may be green frosting. Camping in August is also talked about quite a bit. He knows that both are in August so we'll see how confused he gets when finds out its August and he isn't camping or having a birthday that day.
Mr chatterbox playing with trains
Jun 10, 2014
First Soccer Match
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| At Gillette Stadium |
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| Mommy and Colin time |
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| Colin's view |
Jun 1, 2014
It's Naked Time...Bing!
Summer seems to be close, finally and we've taken advantage of the warmer weather to have some naked time. Colin spends a lot of time with just a shirt and socks on. The most common phrase this past month has been "Leave your penis alone". Its a hand magnet for him. He'll test us too. His hands will be on his thighs slowly working their way inward and when he is asked to leave his penis alone he is quick to reply, "I am leaving my penis alone. I'm touching my legs" He's a tricky one. The potty propaganda is now being used. Mommy being impressed is usually a good motivator. Going on mommy and daddy's potty is pretty cool. If he is naked then he needs no reminding to go but if any diaper or pants are on then he needs frequent reminders to try and go. "Colin, do you need to go potty?". The reply is normally something like "Uuummm, no thanks, I'm okay" After a bit of discussion and saying how awesome going potty is he'll go. He is very excited after he goes and has to shout so every room in the house can hear what he did, and maybe the neighbors. Going potty is a big deal here so there is apparently a lot to write about it. You write what you know I guess...
Colin did very well at his preschool screening. They did a good job redirecting parents to go fill out a form while they did their screening. We met some other future classmates and parents and got to see the room and meet the teachers. We didn't get much feedback from Colin on what the screening entailed. There was a book with a yellow square apparently. All we were told from the teachers was that Colin was very well spoken. He did great going with the teachers and doing whatever he needed to do. It doesn't seem like the first day of school is going to be too difficult for him.
It's been nice to get outside and play regularly now. Summer is on it's way and some trips to the beach as well.
Here is May's album:
Colin did very well at his preschool screening. They did a good job redirecting parents to go fill out a form while they did their screening. We met some other future classmates and parents and got to see the room and meet the teachers. We didn't get much feedback from Colin on what the screening entailed. There was a book with a yellow square apparently. All we were told from the teachers was that Colin was very well spoken. He did great going with the teachers and doing whatever he needed to do. It doesn't seem like the first day of school is going to be too difficult for him.
It's been nice to get outside and play regularly now. Summer is on it's way and some trips to the beach as well.
Here is May's album:
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