Happy Birthday, Lucy!

On Easter Sunday we also celebrated Lucy's 6th birthday!

On Friday, Jaxon & I went to Target to shop of Lucy's birthday present. The first thing Jax saw was a squeaky toy that had a dachshaund head and a hot dog body. Totally cute! He held it for a bit and said, "Ucy." Ok. We'll get it for Lucy. Then he spotted a pack of 4 balls! "Balls! Jaxon hold it." Hmm... we may have to put the hot dog Lucy back. Once I let him hold the balls, the squeaky toy went out of the cart. Literally. He was done with that! I told him the balls were for Lucy, but I knew better. Jaxon wanted them for himself. He is a true blue boy and LOVES balls! I figured the balls were a win win. I mean, she takes his balls all the time. We could use a few more that were actually hers. We got the balls and a package of treats and were on our way home... well, with a few other items too. No way to get out of Target so easily!

On Sunday, Lucy had a rare treat for breakfast, 1/2 a french toast waffle. In case you hadn't noticed Lucy is getting a little thicker around the waist so the Saturday breakfasts have been put on hold for her :'(

She gobbled up the waffles so fast, I'm not sure she even chewed them!

Then it was presents time! She LOVED the balls! Of course, Jaxon loved them just as much. I told him he had to share with Lucy, so after that he went around saying, "Har, Ucy." (Share, Lucy) and throwing the ball to her. It was a perfect.

"Hmm. What do we have here?"

"Come look at my present!"

"I'm coming!"

The only problem with Jaxon playing fetch with her is that she brings the ball to me instead of Jax! She's a slow learner.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LUCY!

WE LOVE YOU!

What Do I Do?

Blogging Friends, I need some advice. Jaxon is normally a very good natured, happy, friendly little boy. He plays nicely with the kids at his babysitter's house. He says hello and talks to people in stores. He is polite to other kids on at the park, birthday parties and get togethers. The problem is at Gymboree. A few weeks ago I noticed that whenever another kid would come up to Jaxon he would give them the stink eye and yell, NO! Kids at Gymboree can't even get on the same play structure as him without getting yelled at by him. I just don't get it. Why so nice in other situations, but not so with his peers. These are the kids he is going to be in kindergarten with. I am so afraid he is going to be that kid I have in my classroom each year who is intolerant to his classmates. I know very well that Jax isn't perfect. I mean he has at least 5 tantrums a day at home. He tells me NO every other minute, but at home it's fine. I can deal with it here, it's when we are out that I want him to be a pleasant young man.

What do I do?? Please help. Is this just a stage of the famous terrible twos (which started at 18 months in our house!) Have your kids gone through this? Please leave me a comment with some helpful advice or even a reassurance that he's normal!

Thanks Friends!

Here's the stink eye... followed by NO!

6 down 24 to go!

A Perfect Easter Sunday!

Before I start this post, I must tell you that my mom filled in some memory gaps for me. We DID color Easter eggs, go on egg hunts and get Easter baskets. She did admit that we didn't dye eggs each year since we always lived on base, we would go to the big Easter egg hunt the base would host. And we always went to church (which is what I remember). Thankfully, my brother and I weren't deprived as children.

Now onto Easter! We had an absolute happy, perfect, wonderful, beautiful day! Sunday was one of those days that I just want to put in a bottle and open up when I'm feeling down or years down the road when Jaxon has grown up and I miss the toddler days.

We started off the day by having a little bedtime. Bedtime is a weekend tradition in the Pearson family. Jax will get up around 7:oo am -7:30am and we will put him in our bed to watch cartoons and do a bit of cuddling. Admittedly Brian and I try to catch an extra few minutes of sleep, but usually aren't successful since Jax tends to do A LOT of talking and poking during bedtime!

Back to Easter Sunday. Bedtime was cut short because my biggest kid,Brian, was super excited about the Easter Bunny having visited us which then made Jaxon super excited about seeing what the Bunny brought us.

Downstairs we went to check out what he left. The Easter Bunny was quite generous this year! He got so many things that they didn't all fit in the basket and had to be given later during the day. The Easter Bunny also left something from Lola & Abu.

Digging into the baskets. What's the first thing he pulls out? A triceratops! Or "T tops"

Now it's time for the Easter egg hunt! When the Easter Bunny left the eggs outside the night before he forgot about the sprinklers coming on so most of the eggs were white instead of colorful.

Lucy was quite the helper!

The best part of the egg hunt was how Jaxon would just throw the eggs into his bucket. Which meant we had about a dozen broken eggs to deal with later.

Next it was breakfast time. French toast waffles and Kielbasa sausages!

Notice how his new animals are "eating" breakfast too! Each animal would have a "bite" then Jaxon. I even had to clean them off when breakfast was over. "T tops messy. tean Mama!" (clean.)

Then off to Mass we went. Brian decided that he was going to go to his own church... the golf course! I was excited to go to mass because it was outside! The weird thing was that it was at a cemetery. It kinda creeped me out at first, but once we got there it was actually beautiful. The cemetery is on a hill and it overlooked the city of Albuquerque and the Bosque (forest). It also faces the mountain so it made for a very nice scenery. I thought it odd that people were walking on other people's grave sites. I decided then and there that I would be cremated. Nobody is going to walk over me!

Mama & her very handsome son.

Trying to persuade him to stand alone. He just wanted to be held.

I LOVE this outfit! Brian called him his "Little Pimp Daddy" which Jaxon then started repeating! "Pid daddy"

Look who showed up to surprise us! He's the BEST daddy & husband!

I wish mass could be outside every week! Jaxon was an absolute angel. He people watched, played with his animals, ate some snacks. It was great! The weather was BEAUTIFUL!! It is rare these days to get a calm, warm day in ABQ, but here it was. Almost hot! I even got a wonderful farmer's tan! The best part was that there was NO WIND!! ABQ should be the Windy City, not Chicago.

After Mass & nap time we took advantage of the gorgeous weather and spent about 4 hours outside playing... bubbles, sidewalk chalk, sandbox, t-ball, soccer, fetch, catch & working on our tans! I was lazy and didn't go upstairs to get my camera. :( I'm glad we soaked up the fresh air Sunday because today was back to cool and 30-4o mph winds. UGH!

Anyway, it was the perfect day. We had such a nice time being together as a family. It just doesn't get any better than that!

The BIG Easter Bunny

For my 4th blog of NaBloMoPo I will keep with the theme of the month which is BIG.

On Saturday, Jaxon & I went to visit the Easter Bunny at Cottonwood Mall. It was a very spur of the moment thing, Brian was at the driving range, Jaxon was playing nicely & quietly with his toys in the living room and I was thinking of starting dinner when I decided we had to see the Easter Bunny NOW! So I told Jaxon, "We are going to see the Easter Bunny, Bud. Let's change and get in the car." You would have thought I told him we were going to Disneyland, he was so excited! He starts yelling, "Bye Ucy. Bye Efant. Shut on. Pans on. Bye Ucy, atuh. Yay! E Bunny. Hooway E Bunny" (Bye Lucy. Bye Elephant. Shirt on. Pants on. Bye Lucy, later. Yay! Eater Bunny. Hooray Easter Bunny) He has never been dressed so fast and so accommodating. It was fabulous! We were out the door within 10 minutes of my deciding to leave.

The entire way to the mall I am prepping Jaxon. "We are going to see the EasterBunny. You are going to sit on his lap and have your picture taken with him. What do you say when someone takes your picture?" He would answer, "Hooway! E Bunny! Yay! E Bunny. Cheeeese" I started to think that he thought we were going to see the four legged, furry, little Easter Bunny. Not the big, gigantic bunny who wears clothes and humongous glasses! I started to panic a little bit. This may not go as well I thought it would.

We get to Easter Bunny and Jaxon was eerily quiet and calm. Hmmm. Not a good sign!

Waiting nicely for our turn.

( I can't say that I blame him. Easter Bunny was a little creepy looking. He was HUGE! compared to the little guys anyway. After waiting 30 minutes it's our turn.

At this point, I start telling Jaxon how nicely those girls are sitting and smiling. There's nothing to be afraid of. Easter Bunny is nice.

What does the Bunny do? He takes a break! Jaxon takes this time to find his voice and say, "Bye E Bunny. Ater. Ets go Mama." - Later. Let's go Mama. Yup, not going to go well. I had the fleeting thought of actually leaving without a picture. I knew at this point it wasn't going to be a good one, so why pay $24 for pictures where he is crying? But, like I said it was a fleeting thought. I had already invested 45 minutes into this we were sticking it out!

Thankfully, one of the Bunny helpers gave him a bear & bunny hat. He was happy.... for now!

Easter Bunny comes back and once again Jaxon get quiet. I take him out of the stroller and he turns to plastic wrap. He is clinging to me like no other. He has the hardest grasp on my shoulders I think he may have left a bruise. Oh dear. We should have left. I turn him over to Easter Bunny and he starts SCREAMING, "NO MAMA! NO E BUNNY." So what's a good mama to do? I sat him down and walked away! I did my best to tell him to say cheese and to smile but to no avail. Oh well. I got my picture. It will be a memory that we will look back on in 20 years and laugh. He will probably be in therapy however. Better start saving now.

At least he looked handsome in his sweater vest.

Stay tuned for tomorrow's post... Easter Egg Hunt & Church!

All I can say is thank goodness I decided to do NaBloMoPo this month... lots going on!

Easter Egg Fun!

Ok, so I must admit, I don't really remember dyeing Easter eggs when I was a kid. I'm sure we had to have done it, I just can't remember. Now, this isn't saying much since my memory is terrible! I can hardly remember family vacations or Christmases. Oh well. This is one of the reasons I have this blog, for my own memories and for Jaxon's. I can honestly tell you that I am having a hard time remembering Jaxon at this time last year! Thank goodness for the blog is all I can say.

Brian on the other hand, has vivid memories of Easter. He and his family would drive up to Globe, AZ where his dad's family lived and they would dye eggs, get Easter baskets and have an egg hunt in the morning. I think Easter is his favorite holiday simply because there was candy involved! Since Brian has such happy memories of Easter, he would like the same for Jaxon. We kicked off the Easter weekend by dyeing eggs!

The set up

Thank goodness Brian had the forethought to take Jaxon's clothes off! Immediately following this picture, Jax grabbed the pink cup full of dye and spilled it all over himself!

Not happy to be messy.Mama may be more excited than Bubba!The next series of pictures is what happens when you let a toddler hold an egg.

Yup. You guessed it. Bang bang!
Sticking his finger in the newly formed crack.
I love how much they love each and enjoy each other's company!

After the cracked egg incident, we just had Jaxon instruct us on where to put the eggs. This one was meant to be "gween"

"boo"

Once we were out of eggs, I looked at them and said, "What happened to my pretty eggs?" Apparently, Brian took it upon himself to take the egg from one cup and drop it into another. He wanted the "craziest colored eggs". So I was left with only ugly eggs. :( I am starting to feel outnumbered by the boys. We need some more estrogen around here!

Our eggs. Not as pretty as I'd imagined

Tomorrow's post will be our visit to the Easter bunny. I can't do it all at once. Remember... 30 posts in 30 days! So far I'm 3 for 3!

Jaxon and the Animals

Yesterday afternoon I was in my classroom looking through my books for some Easter & Spring books. During my search I came across this book:

Sammy and the Dinosaurs. I have had this book since before I was Mrs. Pearson (It says Miss Rios on the inside cover) and I never, in a million years, thought I would have a little boy who would be just liky Sammy... Very attached to his animals. I also hadn't opened this book in years and didn't remember what it was about. Well, the reason it caught my eye was because Jaxon is very much into dinosaurs right now, they are animals! So I said to myself, "I'm going to take this book home to Jax." I opened it up and this is the first page I see...

It says, Sammy took the dinosaurs shopping. They went to the garden center. They went to the beach. When Sammy had a bath, the dinosaurs had a bath. When Sammy went to bed, the dinosaurs went to bed.
I think even Jaxon realizes he is like the Sammy. Whenever he "reads" the book he'll point to Sammy and say, "Jaxon". or "Jaxon seeping disores." - Jaxon is sleeping with dinosaurs. or "Jaxon baf disores." - Jaxon is taking a bath with the dinosaurs.
If there was ever a book that captured Jaxon at this very moment, it is this book. You have all read about how much Jaxon loves animals, so I thought I would post pictures of him and his animals around the house.

I love this picture!

At Lola's house. Rocking in a rocking chair that belonged to MY grandmother.
Watching Dinosaur Train with "I-yun""- lion

This picture cracks me up!

On Saturday, the 3 of us were headed out to lunch and Brian said, "Bubba, choose 2 animals to take with you." The reason we always say 2 is because it's easy for him to hold himself and for us to keep track of. Well, Jaxon starts walking towards the door with not 2, but 5 animals in his tiny little hands! Brian & I looked at each other as if to say, "Whose going to be the bad guy and take 3 away??" Luckily, Brian is full of ideas and said "We need to get him a bag." I went searching for a little bag upstairs and Brian, little did I know, was searching downstairs. I come back down and say, "Found one." He says, "That's too big and he can't see through it. I was thinking more of a Ziploc bag." REALLY?? Is that safe? I'm not so sure I should let my child play with a plastic bag. I mean, doesn't it warn you right on the bag, "This bag is not a toy" ? Well, Mr. Idea said, I'll fold it down so it won't be as big. That's what he did and in went the animals and out the door we went. Now, Jaxon could not have been happier! He was tickled with his new animals carrier.

The animals in the bag disturb me a bit. I feel like they are going to suffocate.

I let him carry it around for about a day and then found a nice red gift bag for him to use. I feel this is a little safer than the plastic bag, plus I feel better about the animals being able to breathe.

Now I'm on a mission to find a little back pack for him to use. I mean, how cute are little kids with back packs?

National Blog Posting Month

I have joined National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo)! This means a blog a day for 30 days (thank goodness April only has 30 days)! I have my friend Ami to thank for this. On Wednesday, she posted a blog about her busy busy triplets and mentioned that she might do NaBloPoMo. Well, I had to open my big mouth and comment, "If you do it, I may be persuaded to do it too". Well, at 8:30 pm this evening Ami calls me and the first words out of her mouth are, "Are we doing a blog a month?" Uh oh. She took my blog comment seriously.

Well... here goes nothing!

This is my first offical blog for NaBloPoMo. Check daily for an update, BIG or small, from the Pearson family!

This should be fun. :)