24 February 2010

Sebastian

...is our firstborn, our last born, our one & only little boy

...he looks just look his Daddy with an occasional expression that screams "I'm my Mama's child"

...he has the most contagious laugh I believe I have ever heard

...has the perfect blend of golden blond and red hair that seems to be in harmonious layers, eyebrows & eyelashes to match, of course

...loves the color green (have I mentioned that before?)

...is a big fan of Pinocchio right now and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

...still sleeps with his snowman blanket (he used to call wankwie, but can now say blanket) but also switches up for different patterns, same textured throws, though

...cannot say disgusting

...loves pancakes or waffles for breakfast

...likes to crawl in your lap spontaneously and say [while stroking your face], "I love you, Mama (or Daddy)! I love you so, so much that my heart is full (or my heart aches)!" He varies between the two phrases.

...says he's going to be a doctor and drive a tractor like Daddy when he gets big

...is very affectionate & the caretaker when I'm not feeling very well. Will often check my vitals and say, "It's worse than I thought!"

...sprints across the living & kitchen floors racing Sammy every night since we brought Sammy home

...always tell us before he goes to the bathroom, even though we always tell him to just go

...always has to be told to turn off the bathroom light

...likes to play with his tractors on our bed

...loves to dance with me

...meets me at the door running every single day that he goes to daycare. I always scoop him up, hug him and ask, "Did you miss me today?" If I get distracted, he puts his hands on my face as if to have my full attention and says, "I missed you today, Mama!"

...has never spent the night away from home. I have had to be away at training on two different occasions, just overnight, but he was at home with Daddy.

...is three-years and four-months-old today

...is a huge helper in the laundry room. His laundry duties include sorting, folding washrags & dishtowels and pouring in the laundry detergent, fabric softener, etc.

...is scared of crickets like his mom. His Daddy is mad at me for it, but what can you do?

...repeats anything & everything you say whether you are speaking to him or not; usually in the correct context -- sometimes good, most times very bad

...his favorite get-out-of-trouble quote, "I wanna be good now!"

...loves to sing. Some classic favorites are Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star; You are My Sunshine; ABC Song; I Love You, You Love Me and any country song which includes the word "green" and/or "tractor" -- Big Green Tractor and She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy. The list of music goes on...and on and on. He also likes to make up songs.

...is loved more than he could ever know!

21 February 2010

Spring Weather

Today was another usual day around our house except it was wonderfully beautiful outside. We spent the afternoon outside, running and playing at Ma-maw's house. David's great-niece, Elizabeth had a birthday party today and Sebastian felt all grown-up, picking out a birthday present. He picked out some very girly pj's (because she's a girl) and a baby doll (again, because she's a girl ya know). He was pretty proud of himself when he gave it to her. I think it's hysterical that Sebastian's Ma-maw has a grandson & a great granddaughter the same age. I was happy to get to enjoy my camera & the sunshine in a t shirt and jeans. Sebastian even took time out of his very demanding Saturday to cheese it up for me.

18 February 2010

No, David!

Not my Baby Daddy!!

I'm talking about David Shannon. He is an author & illustrator of many children's books. Currently, Sebastian's favorite author. We discovered the series of "David" books a few weeks ago and Sebastian wants to read them a dozen times every day.

The books are about a little boy, you guessed it, named David and all his mischievous naughtiness - coloring on the walls, tracking mud on the carpet, etc. David is rowdy & rambunctious and goes from one unruly act to the next while mom is shouting in the background, "No" and "Don't".

I, personally, don't care much for David. He is an unattractive little boy with pointy teeth, who gets in trouble on every page! (I know, shame on me, but David is a little demonic-looking.) Sebastian loves it, though, and it has been a great series for him. First of all, the little boy's name is David which is seriously hilarious to Sebastian since Daddy's name is David. There are few words and Sebastian has them all memorized. The illustrations clearly depict the story, so he thinks he is reading it to me. Although there is not a lot of actual reading, each page opens up a whole new convo about what David did, why it was wrong and what the right thing to do is; so there is definitely a lot of interaction. David & I both enjoy reading them with him. I love it even more when he reads it to us because the story gets a lot more colorful. I have laughed so hard I have cried.

I have to give the David books two thumbs up. Sebastian adores them and even though David's appearance creeps me out, we'll keep reading about all the trouble that David gets into. At least until he finds a new set of books to fall in love with. The last set up books he loved was the Mr. Men books and that love lasted a long time. I guess out with Mr. Men and in with bad David! ~

14 February 2010

The Doctor Is In

One of Sebastian's favorite things to play is doctor. He calls himself Dr. Dye (the name of his pediatrician). He pulls his out his little doctor's bag, full of all his needed supplies to diagnose & treat you on the spot - he even does house calls! David & I have been treated by Dr. Sebastian Dye about a billion times. We are so excited that now Sebastian has a new patient - Sammy Sassafras!! Sammy had to have a check-up last night and as always, the doctor said, "it's worse than I thought"!! If anyone has ever watched Olivia on Nick Jr., she plays the doctor to her friends when they have itchy feet and when examined, she proclaims - "it's worse than I thought"!! The doctor said that Sammy was so sick that she needed to go to Dr. Dye's real office for some shots, he couldn't fix her. Better luck next visit Sammy!!

13 February 2010

Pat-a-Cake, Pat-a-Cake Baker's Man

Yesterday was Sebastian's Valentine's Day party at daycare. I asked him what he wanted to take to daycare and he replies, "a rainbow cake". I tried to talk him out of it, but he was gung ho about baking a rainbow cake. So Thursday night we gathered up our recipe and all of our ingredients and jumped in. We decided since it was a Valentine's cake that we would alternate green pink & purple instead of rainbow colors. (Yes, it took a lot of convincing for the cake to be pink & purple instead of green. I might have bribed him.) Sebastian is very hands on; he wants to do everything himself. I did my best to let him do as much as possible on his own as long as it didn't hurt him or someone else. Here's some pics of him all ready for a long night of baking. He's an awesome egg breaker, I must say!!
After we baked all six cake layers for our Rainbow Cake Valentine's Cake, they were cooling on the table while I tried to clean up. Unbeknown to me, Sebastian was secretly eating one of the pink layers. When I finally noticed, I asked him if he had been eating the cake and his big bottom lip puckered out and he said he was soooo sorry. Luckily he only ate part of one layer and we still had 5 more to use, so no harm done (and that cake was so moist & good that I couldn't help but nibble on a few bites myself). We finished assembling the cake and he decorated it with a whole bottle of sprinkles the next morning before we left for the party. Below are a few pics of the finished product. I'm not even in the vicinity of a good baker, but I thought our cake turned out pretty decent (and I heard it was pretty good).



10 February 2010

Love =

08 February 2010

Weekend Review

We promised Sebastian some time ago that we would paint his bedroom green. He specifically wanted apple sucker green, which is his daily sucker of choice from daycare. My mom decided to try to match his sucker to some paint samples and surprisingly, the best color match was called "apple green"!! P-E-R-F-E-C-T! So we painted this weekend. Apple. Sucker. Green. I wasn't too sure about it at first, but I totally love it. He made a good choice. Maybe he can help pick out paint for my bedroom~
The day we painted, Super Bowl Sunday, I totally spaced and forgot that we had planned for Sebastian & all 6 of his cousins to make pizzas. Oops! So my house was in disarray from moving out all of his furniture & toys and we had a kitchen full of kiddos getting flour & pizza sauce everywhere. It actually worked out pretty well because it didn't take any time at all to paint his room.

After everyone went home & the messes were cleaned, Sebastian and I attempted to go to sleep. Unfortunately, he was up & down most of the night with terrible aches & pains in his calves. When I say terrible, that's what I mean -- waking up screaming that his legs were hurting, tears flowing. He seems to feel much better today. He's been coughing a slight bit & running a very low-grade fever off & on so I've been drowning him in liquids so he doesn't dehydrate. (I read that could be a cause of these Charley Horse-like leg cramps.) It was a good day to sleep in with him because my hands were aching something fierce last night after an afternoon of painting.

Well, I need to sign off for now as I have to go back to work tomorrow. It's still snowing up a storm here so hopefully we'll be able to play outside again a few more good times this year. Good night, sleep well!
Don't ya just love the mismatched frog/dino jammie ensemble??

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