Black Eye

Like that!? This is how his eye looked when I picked him up this afternoon from daycare. Apparently, him and another boy we running circles opposite of each other and ran into each other. As you can see the little boy is the same height as Wyatt's eye. If he's already doing this much damage at his age what is he going to do once he can ride a bike or drive?! Heaven help us!!

Easter 2011

Easter morning we headed to Eskridge for the annual Glotzbach Easter Egg Hunt. The hunt happened at Leslie and Tim's house and it was fun but chilly. Wyatt super into the whole hunting part for eggs and really could careless. I had Mike put all of his stuff in spots that were very close together because he wasn't going to search the whole yard for his stuff.

Enjoying it a little more.

Ohhh, an old metal tractor. I must stop and play with this right now.

Motorcycle to play with.

Dropping an egg in.

Wyatt's basket from Grandma Audry and Poppa Joe.

All in all it was a fun day and the sun even came out eventually to help warm us up. It was great to see family. I can only hope that next year will be even more fun for him. :)

Easter Eggs

This year we had another first. It's hard to believe that at the age of 23 months there would be "firsts" at holiday time but we definitely had one.
We colored Easter eggs with Wyatt for the first time today and it was probably the most stressful fun I've ever had. He watched everything so intently and wanted to help in so many ways, especially at tipping the cups over. We started dipping eggs and once they were in the dye he would forget about them until I would go to check on them and then he would say "ohhh" when he got to see them again. This was also a great color lesson. We got to really find out if he knew them or not and apparently he does!!

Dipping the eggs 



After the first dip we decided to move him back to his high chair for safe-keeping!

Helping dad

So funny! He loved the little shrink wrap things.

Some of the finished eggs.

Once the eggs dried then we got to decorate them with stickers and little shrink wrap that had different designs. This was by far Wyatt's favorite part. He loved the little shrink wrappers and pretty much played with them the whole time while Mike and I colored eggs for him to look at. He did well with the stickers but he really wanted to put them on himself and not the eggs. So not very many stickers got on eggs but he loved them none the less.

Awwing over the stickers.

Trying to put the tiny stickers on the egg.

Overall this was a great first and can't wait for next year when we get to do it all over again!! :)

Intense

Well Wyatt has been working on his writing skills a lot lately! It seems like every time I turn around he's laying on the floor and intently writing in his "book". I got this little notebook for Christmas and Wyatt loved it instantly, so I had to let him have it. He does such a good job using a pen and not marking his hand too much!! He's also getting very good at only coloring paper and not anything else. He's learned the consequence for that very quickly and doesn't want to sit in time-out any longer than he has to. :)



It's Potty time, excellent!

Well this past weekend we got Wyatt a potty seat to put on our toilet. He has finally started to take an interest in what is going on in his diaper in just the past month. We were never going to push potty training because we didn't want the nightmare before he was ready but he apparently isn't ready but has taken interest!
He picked out a Sesame Street potty seat and loved it so much because it had Elmo on it! Go figure!! That weekend he asked to sit on the potty 4 times, two on Saturday and two on Sunday. He didn't do anything but at least he wanted to sit on the potty.
We have gotten into a routine of using the potty before we take a bath and he really seems to enjoy that. We haven't actually peed or pooped but you can tell he feels so proud of himself when he sits on there. Like such a big kid!! The potty seat has been okay but we are having problems with him being uncomfortable while sitting there because his legs are just dangling and he could fall off the toilet at any point. So I'm thinking we might get a potty chair and try that soon. I haven't lost hope for the potty seat though because I know it will come in handy for when he's ready for the big toilet. Such a proud Momma and Dad!! :)

Lace and Trace

In the April Scholastic book order I found Wyatt a set of Lace and Trace cards. I knew he would like the cards because they were spring animals and loves animals. But I was interested if he would like the whole concept of lacing the holes in the card with string. So far he is really enjoying them and has gotten concept pretty well. He likes to watch me lace one up and then help me unlace it. He even started to put the string in the holes to lace it himself. So far he's only gotten it in one string and hasn't gotten the whole in one hole and out the other concept but it's getting there.

Trying really hard to get the string through the hole.

So happy!! :)

Bite Attack #2

I picked up Wyatt today to find another injury report in his folder telling me that he was biten, yet again. This one was more informative and at least told me that the problem is being handled and that Wyatt took the bite like a champ and didn't cry very much. Hopefully this problem will become less and less. So far it's twice in less than one month.

Little Golfer

Mike has joined a golf team at work and has been practicing in the backyard with his new clubs since it's been nice lately and Wyatt has been completely infatuated with the clubs and balls since seeing Mike with his. So when we were at Wal-Mart last weekend we got Wyatt his own set of golf clubs and needless to say it's been the best $5.00 we've spent in a long time. He absolutely loves them. Well he really loves the bag on wheels the most and pushing that around but he's getting the hang of it.

Coming over to show me his swing.

You can even hit a car with the club, dual purpose!

Pushing his bag around!

A Sunday in Eskridge

Today we spent the evening in Eskridge celebrating Mike's cousin and God Daughter, Brooke's birthday. We were invited for her infamous "No Silverware" birthday supper. They take large pots and put in shrimp, sausage, corn on the cob, potatoes, onions, and add a Cajun crab boil seasoning bag then you let it cook for a couple of hours. When it's finished you drain the water and lay it out in the middle of the table for everyone to eat with their hands. It's fabulous and every dinner should be this way!! :)
While we were there Wyatt took full advantage of the aunts, uncles, and grandparents who would hold him and cater to his every whimsy. He got his Poppa Joe to take him next door to a road grater that was sitting there and convinced him to let him get inside of it.

After eating we got to spend some time sitting around talking and just watching the kids play. Wyatt and Adrian loved the motorized dump truck Tim and Leslie had and at times things got heated between them both seeing who got to drive it while the other watched but it was all in good fun.

It was a great lazy afternoon spent with family! I couldn't ask for anything more. :)

Cleaning Up

We are in the process of cleaning up our backyard. Powder has been moved to her new home, north of Topeka with a very nice couple that will let her be an inside dog, and now we start cleaning up the mess she left behind. The first two years we had her she destroyed EVERYTHING. I wish that was an understatement. She chewed up a dozen duck decoys, siding, trash, and more. Pretty much anything in the backyard was unsafe and had the potential to be destroyed.
Now that she is gone we spent the past weekend cleaning up all of that stuff. We have been racking, seeding, and fertilizing since Saturday and let me tell you that I'm exhausted. We spent about 4 hours doing all of this on Saturday and then finished up some projects on Sunday. Needless to say my back is completely shot now!! Sunday was pure torture and Tylenol popping of a day. My muscles were screaming for some TLC. Well they are getting it today. I have stayed home from work and taken a sick day because climbing three flights of stairs a dozen or more time today was just too much for me. I'm now on the road to recovery and hopefully should be back to my old self tomorrow. Fingers crossed!!

April Fool's...Not

I was hoping when I picked up Wyatt today that this was a really bad April Fool's joke being played on me but alas it wasn't. Wyatt has three big bite marks on his arm. Not just partials either but three full sets of teeth marks on his arm and they are red and not going any where for awhile. Hopefully this won't be repeating any time soon!