A boy and his dad

When?!

Seriously! When did my baby

become such a big kid?!

What I love - Month 36

1. I love when he says "Let's do this together Mom". Whatever it is, I am in!
2. I love seeing him with a milk moustache.
3. I love when I am sewing and he sits at the table to color alongside me.
4. I love the look of pure fun on his face when he rides high on his dad's shoulders.
5. I love that he always wants the tags cut out of his pjs.
6. I love that after putting him to bed at night, he sneaks into our bedroom and falls fast asleep face down sprawled out on our bed. I love scooping him up and carrying him to his own bed once he has fallen asleep.
7. I love that he can spell and trace his name on paper.
8. I love that he yells "Come on people" when we are stopped at stoplights.
9. I love that he wants to brush his teeth up to 8 times a day because he can now do it himself.
10. I love at the State Fair of Texas he still loves the animals and corn dogs.

State Fair of Texas 2010

This weekend we spent a day at the great State Fair of Texas!

We seem to have a tradition developing where we start with

feeding the animals, then we stop to eat famous Fletcher corn dogs

(the official food of the state fair) before ending the day

with a ride on the carousel before heading home.

Although you can see this year we added playing in the

fountains to the list.

We had a great time!

These frisky little goats would steal the entire

paper cup right out of your hand!

Z calling over the giraffe

(see him holding out his little cup? so sweet)

Z also really enjoyed watching the kangaroos,

which happened to share a pen with an

enormous turtle. You can see him in the corner by Z.

Corn dogs! YUM!

More ketchup? Yes please!

Fountains with mom!

Fountains with dad!

Carousel with mom!

Do you recognize this boy?

Because I don't.

I mean, he is not a baby, he's not a toddler, he is not even a little kid.

He is a big kid.

A big kid that speaks in complete sentences,

can spell his name and trace it on paper,

and a kid that yells "Come on people" when we are stopped at stoplights.

If he doesn't stop growing I might cry.

More happiness....

Happiness: My boy falling asleep on the couch

with his puppy dogs

after a mid-day bath on a lazy Sunday.

Hi Z,

Please stop growing up.

Please.

I picked you up this morning and almost cried.

Love,

Mom

Boy toys are so much cooler than Girl toys!

(thanks Grandma!)

3!

Happy Birthday to my sweet 3 year old boy!!!

You have been more fun, more wonderful

and you have filled me with more love

than I ever could have imagined!

Your dad and I love you Z!!!

What I love - Month 35

1. I love that when our family came to visit for the weekend, we didn't have to leave the house once for Z to have the time of his life.
2. I love that he was really sad when they left because it expresses how much he loves them.
3. I love that he doesn't remember places we go by the people, but by the animals we go to visit. I know he knows the people too, but I love that he is an animal lover.
4. I love playing "monkey on my back".
5. I love when he sits on my sewing table and "fishes" off the side using my soft measuring tape for his fishing pole.
6. I love hearing him exclaim "What a minute! I have an idea!"
7. I love sitting at the kitchen table watching him color in his coloring books.
8. I love when he introduces me as "And her name is Mommy". I love when he calls us the "Imagination Movers".
9. I love that he loves old classic cartoons like Tom & Jerry.
10. I love when he asks for me to write his name, and mom and dad. I love hearing him recite the letters out loud.
11. I love watching him jump up and start dancing out of the blue.
12. I love that he uses knitting needles as his magic wands. I love when he looks at the "wand", shakes it and declares "Huh. There is no magic left in it."
13. I love watching him hug the dogs. I love when he tries to "show" Macy something, or how he calls her when he wants her to come see something he is looking at like she is his bed friend. He will say "MeiMei, come here. Come here MeiMei, I want to show you something. Please."
14. I love racing around the yard playing super soaker with him!
15. I love that he has been the best 2 year old I could imagine.

MotY

This may or may not get me the

Mother of the Year Award

Cuter than cute

Z started off the celebration of his birthday week today

with a play date with Mattea at Chickfila.

The two of them are super, super cute.

He is going to hate me one day

Just in case there was any question,

this is what happiness looks like.

3 puppy dogs and a little boy.

My sister, Syd, Soph and Chance

came to TX for a quick summer visit last

weekend, and while I would love to be able

to share more pictures, unfortunately I can't
because the two boys pictured above insisted

on running around without any clothes
on the entire weekend.

Okay, so I have a few more to share, but not many.

Really, I think that is all I got the entire weekend.