A Happy Reunion

Nicholas played with his best friend Kailey today. He has not seen her for about two months. Before she had even been here five minutes, he was hugging her and holding her hand. He even let her hold and play with his favorite trucks. This is something that absolutely never happens. He hardly lets Jason or myself touch them never mind another child! He also gave her a huge piece of his playdoh. When I ask for a piece I end up with a piece about the size of one tiny sesame seed! Oh how he loves his Kailey!

Pink Tutu

Oh yes, you read that correctly, a pink tutu! The kids played dress up at Gymboree yesterday and Nicholas' favorite was a pink tutu! He wore it around his waist and used a white, lace something as a cape tied around his neck! He was so happy, running around the room in circles, his tutu and cape flapping in the wind. He was a riot! The other mothers were in hysterics, wondering what his father would think. I thought it was great, nothing wrong with a little creative expression. Maybe I should look into ballet lessons . . .

Butterflies

While we were in CT, we took a ride to the Yankee Candle store in Deerfield, MA and we visited the Magic Wings butterfly exhibit. I could have bought one of each of the candles, they were all so yummy to smell. Nicholas wanted to build a monkey at the Build a Bear store. Once we started, he was no longer interested so I built the monkey. This consists of picking a heart, pledging to love the bear, kissing the heart, turning in circles and pumping the stuffing into the monkey. In case you have a picture of me looking ridiculous in your head, you are right. Anyway, we named the monkey Paul because there is a monkey on Nickolodeon whose name is Paul that Nicholas loves. So, we finished Paul and went off to the butterfly place. As soon as we walked in, the butterflies started flying towards us. Not one of us, Jason, Nicholas, Heather, Aunt Wendy or myself, liked the butterflies touching us. Nicholas hated it so much that he was screaming and clinging to Jason as if bees were stinging him! I can't imagine where he gets this fear of bugs from, can you? Anyway, after I tortured them by taking a few pictures, they left. The three of us braced ourselves and continued to walk around. Heather screamed for her mommy every time they touched her and jumped all around. Oh yes, people were staring. This caused us to laugh hysterically and annoy those around us. I snapped a few more pictures and our total time there was probably less than a half of an hour!

The Visit

Our little shy guy spent most of his days in Connecticut glued to his dad. While I sat in the sun, visited with family, and shopped, Nicholas and his dad were outside in the "pit" (a place at the end of the street where there are numerous trucks) or upstairs on the bed watching Spongebob. Poor Jason did not have a moments rest. Luckily for Jason, Uncle Mike charged the golf cart battery so they were able to ride to the pit instead of walk. When Jason didn't want to go, he would tell Nicholas that it was broken, so we now listen to "golf cart broken" over and over again now that we are home. He also likes to say "no keys to the dump dump truck" because they couldn't ride the trucks in the pit without the keys. Even though Nicholas was shy, he still let everyone kiss him at least once and he always waved and said good-bye!

A Success

Our plane ride can be considered a success. I must also add, especially for Jason. He was able to purchase a movie both on the way there and on the way home. It was I who spent three straight hours entertaining with all of our goodies from "the backpack"! Nicholas behaved as if he was a seasoned traveler. He did not require a car seat. He simply sat back and let mom put on a show. He watched his all time favorite, Spongebob Squarepants, over and over on the portable DVD player. He played with playdoh and his trucks. He colored pictures of Spongebob. He also drank juice (from the stewardess, not what I packed) and ate M&M's that Dad bought at the airport to keep him still while having lunch at TGIFriday's. I really can't complain about my airplane ride, though. Nicholas stuck like glue to Jason once we arrived. More about that tomorrow . . .

An Airplane Adventure

We are leaving today to fly in an airplane with Nicholas for the first time in a year. He hasn't flown since last summer, which seem so long ago with the terrible two's upon us. I have everything packed - DVD player, DVDs, books, trucks, crayons, coloring books, play doh, play doh tools, Mr. Potato head, candy, snacks, wipes, diapers, anti-bacterial wipes, anti-bacterial lotion, T-shirt, shorts, sippy cups, and tissues. Did I mention that this is just what's in the backpack for the plane? Wish us luck!

New Words

Nicholas has been expanding his vocabulary by leaps and bounds this past week. As we all know, Nicholas is obsessed with trucks. Needless to say, it was only a matter of time before he started to correctly name the trucks. He can say concrete truck, dump truck, and crane. I think he says garbage truck, too, but I am not sure yet! Every night when Jason gets home from work Nicholas wants to "i cone in dad's truck" which means go and get an ice cream cone in dad's truck, in case you weren't able to decode that. Some of his other favorite words are Abu (Jabu, Markie's dog), Alli, barn, mucky, paint, play doh, suit (bathing suit) sim (swim), and pool. I am sure there are more but that is all I can come up with under pressure. If he can't think of the name or doesn't know it he just says "this mom this" and I try to get him to say the word. That is of course unless it is after 5 and all my patience have run out. In that case, I just give him what he wants!