DDAAAaaaaAAAAddd I Need A Thesaurus

Two things that Colin does frequently now are a long drawn out 'mom' or 'dad' that fluctuates in pitch.  We spend a lot of time figuring out the boundaries between telling mommy and daddy what to do and asking for help or expressing displeasure.  The other thing is wanting to know what every word means and most of the words that are used to define the first word.   He's a little sponge.  At school he is still pretty quiet and observant.  We'll get some daily reports on kids that cried or were upset or had a good day.  It's hard to believe that there are only a few weeks left of school.

We are giving the house a couple more weeks.  We've had maybe 40 or so people see our house between open houses and individual showings.  That hasn't brought the right person apparently.  There is always interest and discussion of what can be done along with questions about the property...but no sale yet.  We'll keep hoping for a little longer and take trips to the park or next door to hide while our house is being shown.

Next month we'll have some definite summer plans.

Helping out at storage and around the house

 Time to enjoy roasted Peeps

Mommy went to the cape for the weekend for her race.  (We didn't get any pictures)  Good job mommy!
Here's what we did while she was away

some Hobie cuddling

letting a little silk worm crawl on him

running from a "bee"

Some bugs are scary... some bugs are nice

Oh boy do we love checking books out at the library

Wrong day for the beach....cold and windy

Here was a good beach day

A little ingenuity to make things work

On the lookout for boats

Some more days getting out of the house for showings.  Going to the park or Yaya's or another park or another park or even another one or Jordan's furniture.

Can you spot the Colin in the picture?

comfy chair and aquariums

It was decided that an 'ouchy' on his foot needed some 'stuff'.  He was able to find and reach it and put it on his 'ouchy'.  He told us that his bed needed some 'stuff' too.  Did we notice before a showing???  No, no we did not.

California Here We Come?????

So we have been getting the house ready to put on the market for a little while now (thus the reason this post is a bit late).  The last few weeks have included a few changes to the house; new counter tops, new fence in the back, a feeble attempt at more grass, painting a few rooms and finishing up a few projects that just never got completed.  We'll see how the market likes our house.  Maybe next month's post will have a definitive answer to whether we will be on the east or west coast...anyone taking bets???

Videos have been a pain to add.  So we are going to just put them in our google drive and post a link.

So right now there are videos of him making a call to Yaya, reading his favorite book and doing a little torpedo swimming.
https://drive.google.co/open?id=0BwcX_qtUk2cyfmI3bWx6Q1puM1Y4LWxzOWpLMzFaYlhCNzE0R1FoSVdOVHIzd3FIUE4wVUE&authuser=0


Easter was a fun day.  Finally a pretty nice day after quite the long winter.

Dying some Easter eggs

Where to look.....

Ready to hunt some eggies

 After breakfast we went to Uncle Benny and Auntie Uchie's (I still forget how you spelled it)

Having hilarious dinner conversation

Politely taking turns

The main event...EGG HUNT

quick side track through some water

oooo eggs

The other big event this month was going to Mexico!!!

Killing some time in the Dallas airport.  (it's like a mall in there...huge)

we found a nice mural on the floor to run around and around and around....

The resort had a pirate pool which was pretty awesome after the intimidation wore off and before other locations became more fun

What became his favorite spot

jumping in

Working on swimming to mommy

We saw birds and iguanas and ants

Salt water in the eye dropped the beach down on the favorite list

Heading back to the room

Having a nice dinner in 'fancy clothes'

having a nice walk back with mommy

All the swimming required quite a bit of napping

and some napping on the plane too

making some drawings with chalk

Here are some other fun things we do at home

tracing with chalk

working on peddling skills

chowing down on some ribs

Playing soccer with his entourage of older women

working on commanding Hobie and Blake

worked that time

Quasimodo painting his chair

and his face

and, of course, showing how to give hugs

Spring???? Maybe???

The snow is going away and the forecast finally has days above 40 so spring could be on it's way finally.  Colin will be disappointed that the snow is probably/hopefully done.  He always comments how much he loves to play in snow.  Playing outside more and being able to finally wear the tank tops and shorts he keeps dressing himself in might be a good trade off though.

We spent some time making animal faces.  It started with being taught how to make a monkey face and then he had some of his own.  See if you can guess what animal he is in the pictures.  If you can then you are psychic or have the mind of a 3yr old....  Hover on the image to see the answer.

 We are gearing up for a big month of April.  Easter will be a fun day full of pictures for next month.  It's still up in the air if eggs will be hidden in snow or not.  A trip to Mexico is coming up as well.  Passports are ready to be stamped.  We are also getting our house ready to go on the market....sooo many little projects to do.

Time to feed the bee

Relaxing on the couch with his airplane

Moved from his bed to our floor after waking up in the morning

He asked to get his picture taken

Working on helping the snow melt

Taking a nap on Bigfoot today

He was very happy about having a bubble horn

Making some tortillas

Teaching a ladybug how to crawl, with demonstration

Helping paint the living room

New vanity in the bathroom means house for Colin and his 'puppy-pups'

Skyzone is so fun as long as the other kids aren't around

Time to relax....again

Another thing I just remembered since it just came on the radio.  "I Bet My Life" by Imagine Dragons is his favorite song and he will  get very excited when it starts then sit and quietly stare into space while it plays.  He's working on becoming a song database.  He's always asking what the name of a song is if he doesn't know it.  Thank goodness for the Shazam app.  This also goes with words too.  He wants to know definitions and if the definition has words he doesn't know then he needs to know what that word means.  A lot of effort gets put into figuring out the letters that start words.  Colin is pretty good about letter sounds and recognizing letters.  In case you are curious Cherrios is spelled C-H-E-R-R-ONE-ZERO-S.