Awesome day!!!! We woke-up at 5:00 AM with Jonathan itching and blowing his nose with no tissue attached. We think he may have allergies and need to get a humidifier ASAP.
Jo left soon after we all woke-up and Da Da and I washed the wet sheets and guest bedding. After a quick breakfast we walked down to a park 1 block from the condo to let Jonathan burn off some energy. We were the only ones there and after about 5 minutes a guy on a cell phone standing near the park started swearing and sort of yelling. Da Da had enough and we loaded Jonathan back in the stroller and headed back to the condo.
We put Jonathan down for a nap and waited for cousin Nina and our friend Staci to get to the condo so we could have lunch and take a walk. Jonathan was a little bratty at lunch but a 15 minute nap will do that to a 2 year old. We all left the condo and headed down to the Gap to take advantage of Groupon that Daddy bought last week. Nothing really great so we kept walking down to Cost Plus and STILL nothing that we wanted. Eureka! TJ Maxx was the ticket today! We all found so much good stuff that we had to use the stroller to carry our stuff back 2 miles north and we took turns carrying Jonathan. Nina found some beautiful outdoor lanterns reduced from $99 reduced to $10!!! When she carried one over and told us the price Da Da said "SHUT UP" so Jonathan kept saying "shut up" "shut up" in his sweet voice until we tried to make him stop and then he kept yelling "SHUT UP". All of a sudden we saw Elmo run across the aisle at TJ Maxx and Jonathan forgot about shut up :-)
After our 4 mile walk we said goodbye to Nina and Staci we made a dash to MI. Jo was here with Oakley when we arrived and it was amazing to see my boy again! Oakley has been great with Jonathan and is sitting next to me right now looking at me. He is so happy with Jo and looks great! She has taught him to sit, shake (he did that with me too) and lay-down and lastly to roll-over! It's so cute! When Oakley was my dog the rule was that he wasn't allowed to have people food. Now that he is my nephew, I fed him almost 1/2 a roasted chicken :-P
Jonathan gave us all kisses goodnight and went to bed at 7:00 PM with a smile on his face. Jo and I talked about how amazing it is that both Jonathan and Oakley are such special boys.
Jon: Am still amazed at how easily you have all settled in to your family life. You and Rick both seem to have a second sense on parenting. I agree it's like a recipe. Tweak it to suit your needs. (that's how I cook, too)!
ReplyDeleteAs for clothes; you are SOOOO right. I see so many parents spend tons of money on current designer outfits...and 3 weeks later the kid has grown out of them, or destroyed them with dinner! Even when he starts picking out his own clothes, it can be done very cost-effectively. My young (when he was 2 years old) son's favorite outfit was his diaper, black "fireman boots", and a red plastic fireman's hat. that's all I could get on him for an entire summer. But he was happy, and I had less laundry! LOLOL.
Keep up the great parenting; his love and smile at the end of the day is your reward for doing it right! The three of you are awesome.
Diana