"Hap B Day 'Gette!"

That's what Easton got to say to his G-Ma on the phone today. He won't say "G-Ma" though so we had to go with 'Gette. Anyway, a very happy birthday to her!

So, yesterday afternoon Easton was acting all cranky and warm. I first knew something was amiss when he wouldn't eat his free cookie from the grocery store. He nibbled at it a bit then gave it to me telling me "all done". Hmmmm...he usually eats those despite not eating much else in this world. I took his temp and it was 101.2 without adding the degree they tell me to for taking it in his armpit. *Sigh* I'm thinking he might be one of the 5-10% of individuals that get a fever after the flu shot. Right now the temp and the crankies were his only symptoms and he seems fine today. I never repeated his temp though so I'm not sure if it's gone. He doesn't seem sick so I don't see the point in checking right now.

I had another bright idea from my toddler book yesterday:

A fort! It said, "On sheet stripping day let 'em make a fort since the sheets are already off the bed and needing a wash" (or something to that effect). Good idea! Easton did not think it was as fun as I had hoped. Maybe it was the fever? Doubtful.

It was fun for me...sort of. Jason got to clean it up! Ha ha!

At dinner Easton did really well working on his noodles. We had spaghetti and he was determined to do it with a fork but it is quite difficult for a little guy. He kept at it though and we were proud of him. He was proud of himself too. I think he's starting to overuse the "I did it!" He says it when he didn't even do anything sometimes. Or when he did something easy. Oh well. Self-confidence is important in a child.

This morning both our vehicles were in need of oil changes. We took them in bright and early and then headed to the grocery store that sits in the same strip mall/parking lot as the oil changers. Easton held both of our hands and we walked there and got some doughnuts and a water for Easton--Starbucks for J and I. Then, like a big bunch of losers we actually sat in the grocery store's little area with tables behind their Starbucks counter and ate our breakfast. Easton sat in a big boy chair and he did SOOOOO well. We were so pleased. After we were done with our breakfast looking like sad homeless people we moseyed on through the store letting Easton point out produce and then animals in the pet care aisle. The pet care aisle had brown pawprints stuck to the floor and Easton kept calling them "a clue!" which, if you've ever seen "Blue's Clues", is pretty cute. Blue (the dog) puts her pawprint on 3 "clues" and you have to figure out what she's trying to tell you. Fun.

Later we took Easton in for his first pro haircut (see...I told you it'd be soon). We took him to one of those fancy "4 kids" places where you can watch movies and sit in cars. Well, he didn't get to sit in a car but they did pop in a Blue's Clues vid for him. Here he is getting his cape put on. They had Daddy do it so he wouldn't be too scared:

Just a little off the top:

Buzzing the back:

He cleaned up real nice. Actually he did really really well the whole time. He did cry for a bit when she was buzzing around his ears but it's noisy and scary. He stopped as soon as she stopped and luckily she did that part at the very very end. Some kids there were carrying on like you wouldn't believe. One mom was sitting there crying while her son and husband attempted a cut. Geesh, lady...get a grip!...it wasn't even the kids first hair cut or anything. Jason and I both agreed we could NEVER work somewhere like that. Easton's hair-doer said sometimes the kids will hit them and stuff and the parents don't do a thing! What!?!? Those tantrumy kids were the ones that got to sit in the cars while Eastie got a dumb ol' chair. They put him in an empty car at the end to take his picture, though. Uh, thanks? In the end they gave us a blurry Polaroid of him sitting in the car in a card with some of his locks of hair. Pretty sweet. He got a lollipop and we were on our merry way.

It was no big deal but it was quite crowded and I'm not too sure if it was worth the cost. That's one reason we went, though...to see if we should continue buzzing him at home or to take him to those kinds of joints.

This afternoon Easton is going to Gramoo's house for a couple of hours and Jason and I get to have a date...it's been awhile. We're going to this place called Cinema Grill where you can watch a 2nd run movie and eat all at the same time. The food's not fantastic or anything but it's kind of fun. Mostly we're just looking for the time together.

I'm sure I'll update again soon! Toodles!