Cleaning Day

Grandma came and helped us clean all day yesterday. Paul's favorite part was climbing up on the ladder to hang the curtains with her. It cracked me up when I turned around to see him with a sock on each hand, dusting just like his mom.

I Can't Stop!

On Monday afternoon, Paul gave himself the job of picking up "sharp glass," of which there is an endless supply, under the carport, putting it in his wheelbarrow and dumping it into the trash can. He worked at this task at a frenzied pace until it was bath time. He kept saying, "I can't stop!"

Sunday with Grandma and Pappy and Grandma Haskins

After church on Sunday we went to Grandma Haskins to help move some things from her house to Grandma's house. Grandma Haskins will be moving to Aunt Susie's. Paul was very good while all the stuff was being moved and even had some fun playing with a distant cousin Matt.

Then we went to Eat N Park with Grandma Haskins, Grandma, Pappy, Uncle Jim and Aunt Elaine. Paul ate so much!! Soup, honeydew and watermelon...

When we got to Grandma's and Pappy's, Paul was super excited to do some work with Pappy. Just assembling the bed was not enough, Pappy had to think of lots of other jobs for Paul to do. Then, by 6:30, Paul was getting cranky from his extremely busy weekend, so we came home and all went to bed early.

Out with the Really Old, in with the Old

Although we loved the old, old table, it was just getting too rickety, especially the chairs. Uncle Keven gave us a new table and chairs that came with his house. Paul really had a blast using his own drill to help dismantle the old table and assemble the new one. Now that our chairs aren't quite so rickety, we got him a booster seat.

The other picture is Paul enjoying watching Mickey Mouse with Daddy while I walked Cana.

Busy Saturday Part II: Uncle Keven's

Paul had so much fun playing with Tugs and Kaitlyn. He sure loves both of them and was so excited to see them. He got to see their new dirt bikes and even sit on Tugs's. Kaitlyn demonstrated her magic tricks and showed Paul her dog collection and house. Paul and Tugs enjoyed playing race cars and getting super dirty outside.

Busy Saturday Part I: Ag Days

We went over to the mall yesterday morning for Ag Days. They had lot of tractors and animals and bake sale goods. We got there early so Paul had petting zoo practically to himself for a while and had a great time running around with the animals. I was very proud of him that he did a good job being gentle with them. He was especially fascinated about the baby chicks and wanted to talk all about them and wanted to know what they ate. We bought a giant cow cookie at the Spring House table to share with his cousins later.

Visit with Kate, Brian and Liam

Once again Paul had a ton of fun with his cousins! Kate had lots of exciting news to report...Brian is now potty trained and Liam is now crawling. It gave me the sneak preview of having a wild three year old running around and a crawler sneaking up underfoot. I'll have to be extremely vigilant when I get to that point! Liam had lots of fun playing drums with me on his high chair and is full of smiles and giggles.

Fun at the Mall

We had to go to the mall yesterday to use up a coupon for my running shoes before it expired. How fortunate it was that there were tractors displayed all over the mall!

Big Smile!

Paul enjoyed eating the firstfruits of our garden...a quesadilla with homegrown chives. I sure loved this smile!

Planting Morning Glories

My morning glories do come back on their own, but we decided to buy another pack and help them along. Paul did a good job planting them, he remembered just how to push them in from planting the peas.

Diapering the Doozer

Paul wanted to put a diaper on his Doozer. I told him if he learned to do a good job he could change Baby Joy's diaper. He concentrated very hard on it. I don't think covering the whole Doozer qualifies him quite yet.

Sling

The orthopedic doctor fitted a sling for Paul. So far he's been pretty good about wearing it. He said Paul should heal up very quickly. The most important thing is that he doesn't re-injure the spot. We have to go back for another X-ray in 2 weeks.

Humpty Dumpty

We were late getting to bed last night for a variety of reasons, including that Paul had hid my keys in a box and I spent forever looking for them. He was quite delirious and crazy in our bed. Before Shawn or I knew what happened, he had tried to sit down on the toddler rail and fallen right over backwards. Just like Humpty Dumpty. After we got him to settle down, it seemed like his shoulder was hurting him. He could still move everything and after a dose of Tylenol was asleep. He slept very fitfully through the night and kept holding his shoulder. He required several doses of pain meds through the night. Shawn thought he might have broken his collarbone.

We took him to Med Express this morning and he did in fact have a small fracture in his collar bone. We have to get an appointment with the Orthopedic Specialist to see what else we might need to do. We have just been giving him pain medication. He has been doing pretty well overall, but cries any time you try to lift him, especially into his high chair or car seat.

He has a story about Henry (a Thomas train) taking a little girl to the hospital to get X-rays and we read it over and over before we went today. I think it helped; he did extremely well through the wait, exam and X-rays. We rewarded him with a trip to the toy store. He got 2 new trains and Shawn bought him a Thomas movie about a kite and a new kite. They had fun flying it and then walking to the creek and throwing rocks.

I hope he continues to feel better and doesn't need any major type of treatment.

Busy Saturday

Paul was bound and determined to help daddy and Uncle Keven with Baby Joy's room on Saturday morning, so he sat in his high chair in the hallway and watched with his very own tools and wood. Then we dropped the crib off for Keli and Clay and got to visit for a bit. Then Paul had tons of fun playing with Grandma, Grandpa and Nini for Nini's birthday.

Play Dates

We had a very busy but good week. On Thursday, Lauren and Bryce came over. I tried to get a nice picture of them, but they move so fast I only got the top of their heads when they were hugging goodbye!

On Friday night we made dinner for Laura, Joe, Aidan and Emerson as a thank you for all the girl baby clothes Laura gave us. The kids had a great time running around outside and playing with Paul's trains inside.

Planting Peas

I'm so glad I got ambitious and cleared off the shelf and found and bought all the necessary stuff to start our peas inside. Paul was so excited, especially since he found "Mater" peas at Home Depot. He had so much fun filling the tray with dirt and poking in the peas. Hopefully he'll help me water them every day.

Visit with Julie, Jaime and Kids

We were very excited to get to have our play date with Julie and Jaime yesterday. We had been postponing it for 5 weeks or so because every week one kid or the other would be sick. Paul had fun playing with all Ben and David's toys.

When we came home Paul told me how he and David had thrown cars at Abby, David's sister. Shawn and I discussed with him at length how that wasn't kind and what he should have done. Later, in his bath, he was putting his boats in their thinking spots and being very stern with them. It was funny to see how he processes things!

Water Table

Our new outdoor water table arrived today. He was so excited, I set it up inside. Will I regret it? I think the question is how long till I regret it!

Daylight Savings

What a mixed bag, that daylight savings. Shawn and Paul were able to play baseball at 7pm last night...that is the good. Very late bedtime (going on 11) and not being able to wake him up in the morning...that's the bad part!

Groundhog Holes

Paul was quite entertained for a while today scooping up saw dust Farmer George made with his chainsaw and dumping it into the groundhog holes. Then he got his own saw and tried to make his own sawdust.