I want to first apologize for my lack of blogging lately. We're in the process of packing our house for our big move (two weeks away!) and honestly, I haven't really felt like getting the camera out! I decided to do so today because Walker was making me laugh. I am not sure if any of you have ever tried to exercise/work out at home with kids around. It's interesting. Sometimes comical. Especially during a thunderstorm...then the dog is involved, too. :) Walker generally sticks near me and tries to sit on my tummy and copy the exercises I do. Not super helpful...but I'm glad that he's getting exposed to exercise...in a way! Inevitably, two things happen when I'm exercising with Walker around me. 1. He continuously asks "When you gonna be done with yo exercise?" and he will have a meltdown about something not working the way he wants it to...usually his trains. :)
He's playing "Humpty Dumpty" and letting his plastic eggs fall off the bar onto the floor. And they crack. And that's how you play "Humpty Dumpty." While I was exercising, he likes to put his eggs on my belly.
Here he is with his (basket)ball...doing some ball work.
Sorta. ;) (And I still LOVE those little monkey feet. I probably squeeze them 42 times a day.)
He's finally getting better at wearing different "shirts" but he's quick to tell you if he doesn't like a shirt or if it has too many buttons or - well - if it's not a Thomas the Train shirt. ;) He is starting to wear his Thomas shirts only 3-4 times a week...not every day. :) Baby steps!
He has been known to say "I had a very fun day today, Mommy" when I would have stated otherwise. For example, he said this on the drive home from Galveston (after our cruise). Glad he can see the good in situations. :) He also frequently names people as his "best friends." Cally, Brooke, Lainey, and I have been named as his best friends before...as well as other random people that he knows. Or those whom he has just met, regardless of age or gender (Jackson...2nd grade. Evan...3 years old. Lexie...first grade. Landon...4 years old...all friends that he met while waiting for Sissy to finish dance class). :)
Walker is convinced that if something doesn't work - a TV, a DVD player, ANYTHING - it's because it needs "new batteries." Walker has the SWEETEST heart. He thanks me for everything. Making him food, fixing his train tracks, bringing him milk, clipping his toenail :), cleaning up his mess, wiping his hands...SO sweet. He's also really good at leaving somewhere...like the playground. I'll say it's time to go and he says, "Okay, Mommy. Bye everybody. I leabin'." :) (His sister is finally getting better at this...at age five. She does NOT like to leave a party!)
Funny, cute words that will stick with this little one forever:
"doof way" - this way
"fangs" and "fings" - things
"I leabin'" - I leaving.
"yo cone" - your turn
"cwains" - trains
"want cu" - want to
"muck" - milk
"I hungry about ______ (chips)."
"I thirsty about _____ (muck)."
"Where he is?" (Usually he's asking about where his daddy is.)
"...peep peep peepin' along...puff puff puffin' along..." (This is what Thomas and his friends say.)
"Whay cool." (Very cool.)
"I can't do it by myself!" (He doesn't want to do anything by himself...go upstairs/downstairs/potty/play trains/get his binky/get his blankie/etc.)
"I d'know." (I don't know. This is his answer for a lot of things. He doesn't like taking risks!)
Walker asks for a "snack and some muck (milk)" about 400 times a day. And he doesn't like it when I tell him that we're about to have breakfast/lunch/dinner. His idea of a "snack" is fruit snacks. Not ideal. But I think I created that monster! :) He likes to act like a baby whenever he knows he is in trouble. He'll walk around with his mouth open saying "gah gah" or "guh guh," pretending to not understand what I'm asking him to do or why I'm reprimanding him.
He wants his DVDs to always go into the player in the upright position. Never sideways or upside down. :) And, his way of counting is hilarious. 1-13 is okay...then it's 16, 19, 21-19, then 2010, 2011, 2012...etc. We have some work to do in this department. :) When it comes to bodily functions...Walker prefers to blame them on other people. Usually his sister or his daddy...even if they are in another room or even out of the house. ;)
He loves to hang on my exercise bar. He doesn't like the green light on the smoke detector in his room. Picky, particular boy. He HATES having sticky hands. He can spell his name - and quickly. He sings in a deep voice, and whenever we play choo-choo trains, I always have to "be somebody (a train)" otherwise it doesn't count as me playing choo-choos with him. :-/ He IS getting better about playing choo-choo trains by himself; now, he'll settle for us just being near him as he plays choo-choo trains.
Walker is always surprised when he sees "daddies" exercising on TV. His daddy exercises, but not at a ballet bar. Walker will say, "Daddies exercising? That silly." (And yes, I explain that there are different ways to exercise!) He also is certain that when he's "taller" and a "big boy" he'll be able to "do exercise."
Sissy loves to hang, too. ;)
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