Welcome to December!

Is it just me or did November absolutely fly by? It seemed quick. Anyway...it's the same ol' same ol' around here...pictures from yesterday:
A young Coloradoan quickly learns the importance of layering on below freezing days:

And on top of the layers, slippers are a must on the cold tile floors in winter:

This is what he did instead of eating dinner:

I could NOT get him to eat yesterday. We skipped breakfast before Kindermusik and then stopped for doughnuts on the way home. He ate about a third of one of those. Then, for his snack he ate half of a Ritz cracker. I'm not exaggerating here. For dinner he told me he wanted "noodles"...leftover mac and cheese that he likes. He ate 3 noodles and then put his napkin on his head and such. Finally after swimming we got him to eat a yogurt, all the while making a variety of sounds (train, plane, cat...) as I spooned it in. I took requests. He had hat hair though from putting on his hat with wet hair:

I told him so and he said, "mirror?" so he could have a look for himself but since he was eating I told him I'd take a picture. So I did.

Swimming last night was pretty fun. Neither Jason nor I had to get fully submerged we just waded around with The E. He'd hold our hands and lift up his feet or he'd toss a fish toy and chase it. He got cold as usual but still had fun.

Last night at bedtime Easton requested that Jason rock him. He's been mentioning it all week (Easton has) but then he chickens out and asks for me instead. Last night...no excuses. Jason engaged him in a convo about his day and when he asked for me Jason told him, "No sorry...she went downstairs" and that was the end of his requesting. Nice. I like that the boys could have their special time too.

Jason and I watched Survivor and had to tape Scrubs in the bedroom for another time. Turns out there is no re-airing of Grey's Anatomy tonight. Oh well. Such is life. Of the, like, 4 shows I watch...why's 3 of 'em gotta be on the same night? Sheesh.

Anyway...moving on to today...Easton woke up coughing so hard and so much that I thought he'd yak. Normally I hop in the shower real quick when I hear him start waking but not when he pulled that business. I figured we could shower together again...the steam might even do him some good. When he was done with his coughing spell I heard him start spouting off letters he knows, "A, B,...X". Pretty cute. So, then I went in to my happy guy and he got to start his advent calendar:


I was a little shocked that he popped the whole chocolate in his mouth...that's unlike him not to inspect things first. But, hey...I did tell him it was a chocolate treat. He must know that's safe. Yum.

We ate breakfast...well, I did...Easton had maybe 2 bites of oatmeal in addition to his chocolate treat and his vitamin. Ugh! I might have to change the advent time to post nap or something. Then it was up for a not so quick shower. Today he preferred to sit or lay on the floor of the tub while the water hit him. Sometimes he'd spit just for old times sake. He's fun. While I was in the closet afterwards finding some clothes I heard him call, "Oh Mama!" and so I took a peek and he was very proud of himself for tucking his little self into our bed:

I sure hope he continues to get a kick out of that...it might make switching to the big boy bed easier. Jason can't wait to tuck him into his little bed next month. Cuteness.

Speaking of cute...I dressed Easton up like a little man again today...no sweats yet again:

There is a picture from that same "session" above in our Happy December tag. It was a more polite smile so I used it, even though this picture is more like the real E.

We went out shopping this morning and I gave Easton his hat and mittens to put on:

He can never get the second glove on himself and that frustrates him...here's when Mommy does it, straight hat and all:


He was quite the trooper as we hit the shops this morning. He really is a good shopping buddy most of the time. We came home for some "lunch" (a few crackers and maybe 7 bites of banana) and now E's having his nap. We plan to work on a craft later and then my mom and sister might come up for dinner--sloppy joes. Have a good weekend!

Oh yeah...I meant to share this video yesterday. It's Easton repeating his alphabet after me back on our snow day. He surprised me by actually attempting the 3 letters he used to refuse. Click here to see.