Shad Loves to Sing

Shad has been spending a lot of time with his cousins (2 and 4 year old girls) who love to sing so naturally Shad has picked that up too. His favorite is Twinkle Twinkle Little Star which sounds more like Cinco Cinco Cinco Star, maybe he is watching to much Dora. He also loves to sing the ABC's (if I say sing the alphabet is just sings the word alphabet over and over) but since he does not know his ABC's he just sings the tune and includes about every 5th letter. Wheels on the bus is a fun one for him, and the babies crying is his favorite part, he would skip the rest of the song if we would let him. He is slowly picking up Old McDonald and of course Beyonce's "All the Single Ladies" and that one he does with hand movements as well, its a real treat to watch.

Shad's Signing Time

Ever since Shad was about 6 mo. old I have been signing to him and he has picked it up a lot quicker than I expected, I guess they are sponges at this age. At almost 2 years here is his signing vocabulary:

Milk
Bedtime
More
All Done
Let's Go
Please
Food
Drink
Water
Cracker
Strawberry
Orange
Grapes
Banana
Mom
Dad
Lion
Dog
Flower
Book
Car
Shoes
Socks
Bug
Silly
Ouch/Pain
Scary
Cute
Cold
Hot
Baby


I am so grateful that I stuck with it from the beginning it has saved me so may times during frustrating conversations with him. He is picking up more signs everyday, I am just hoping that I stick with it into his adulthood.

Bekah's Gradiation

My sister Graduated from Chico State with her Master's in Social Work. I am glad we got to go out to visit her and celebrate with her.

Caper Acres

We went to Chico, CA to for my sister graduation from Chico State with a Masters in Social Work (we are so proud of her). While we were there we rode our bikes, along with my new bike trailer, to an awesome park called Caper Acres. The park was great but the bike ride not so much since the seat was really crappy and I had a hard time sitting for the next few days. If you couldn't tell Shad was terrified of sitting next to Humpty Dumpty, I still don't know if it was the egg shaped head or the face that the wall was about 5 feet high.
Both Shad and Violet have become very fond of swings, although I am still weary of them.
"For ages 3-5" unless your parents are willing to risk you life and happiness for your entertainment. He loved that slide by the way. Although the 18 mo old that got sent down by her incautious father was not so thrilled.
This was a dragon shaped tunnel in which I was very surprised he would go through it on his own.I love that Shad is at the age where he can enjoy all that a park has to offer without to much help.I love how violet's hair reacted to the static, Shad's didn't do anything, I guess it is to thick.

Aquarium

My sister-in-law and I took our little ones to the Aquarium in Sandy, which I wish it were closer so we could take them more often. Both Shad and Mason absolutely love fish so it is a great activity when we want to get the boys out of the house.

Color me cute

Shad really enjoys coloring and I don't know why I thought it was a good idea to let him try markers but I did. I am actually glad I let him use markers since he enjoyed it so much. I am even more glad that I took his clothes off first considering how much he got on his hands.

Crack Attack

Recently Shad has discovered his diaper and his ability to pull it down. I am pretty sure that he now does this subconsciously and I get a good laugh from it every time.

Mommy's Little Helper

I just love Costco, but I do hate unloading the car afterwords. Luckily I have my little boy to help out with the chore.
I think he got a little tired after the long walk to the steps, I guess that is a good place to take a break.

Mother's Day...UGH

Growing up my mom always told me that she hated Mother's Day and this always upset me so much because I always tried so hard to make it such a wonderful day for her. Come to find out when I was older my mom told me that my dad said one year (when all the kids were still very little) "why do I have to do something for you, your not my mother" needless to say mom my straightened him out quick and he is one of the most loving supportive husbands I know. This story gave me some insight on what to expect for Mother's Day or should I say starting me dreading it. I do have an amazingly loving and supportive husband who did not feel the same as my dad however he is also a very hard working man so he often has to work on holidays including Mother's Day. Dan had some beautiful flowers sent to me to show his appreciation as well as let me buy my new bike trailer without having to lose the other 16 lbs needed to fulfill my part of the deal, but he has always said how much he loves me the way I am (that makes one of us).

Despite Dan's efforts it was a difficult day. I woke up early since I had to prepare a lesson, make breakfast for my sudo mom (my wonderful aunt Penny), get ready for church, start prep for dinner, and make some flower arrangements. When I woke up Dan was still up (he got home from work at 6am) and waiting for Shad to wake up so he could get him so that I could sleep in, what a wonderful gesture. Since I had to wake up anyway I sent him to bed. The rest of the day was rush rush rush, since church is not canceled for Mother's Day. When we got home from church it was straight to planning my Mother's Day meal because who else is going to do it. My wonderful husband was sleeping all day because he had to work again that night so I didn't get to see much of him, I was busier that normal since I had to plan things out for my mom while the rest of my siblings enjoyed their Mother's Day or were pampering their wives. I think that I need to just ignore Mother's Day altogether then maybe I will be pleasantly surprised.