Swimming

Christopher's first attempt at swimming classes did not go so well. But we went against our better judgment and decided to give swimming class a 2nd try. And he didn't hate it!! Granted, he didn't LOVE it, but it was a step (or stroke ha ha) in the right direction. There were no tears, or screams, and we actually got a smile or two. Michael Phelps he is not, but no worries since we have our (our= Bo and I) heart set on golf.

Nap Time

There is nothing sweeter than a nap with my little Nugget. He is so sweet and cuddly at nap time. I need to hold on to these moments for dear life because they are becoming less and less often. In fact, Bo tried to lay with him yesterday and he told him to go downstairs and went to be on his own.

Cuddles!

The Nugget was sick last week and so sad. The only upside was that it made him super calm and cuddly. Luckily he is now on the mend and back to his crazy, sit on your friends, ways.

P.s.- true story- he was sent to the principals office at school two weeks ago for sitting on his friends. They assured us it wasn't to be mean, but there was some crying from the victims.

New jammies

Willy scored some new Thomas pj's (thanks to a tip from Nana that Old Navy carries Thomas).  These babies were a hit! 

Styling his hair just like his Dad's

"I LOVE THOMAS"

This little bum is my favorite!

Brunch with friends

On Sunday morning Christopher invited his nearest and dearest to a little brunch at his pad.  He made sure no drink went empty (seriously- he sent me back into the kitchen when I attempted to put out empty glasses), he shared his toast, and each guest even scored one grape (which he later ate).  A good time was had by all, but someone needs to work on Penguin's table manners.

Weekend fun!

Another weekend in the books.  We partied so hard on Friday and Saturday, that we had to take it easy for the Superbowl.  Friday night we went to the Lake Erie Monsters hockey game.  I had scored some free tickets, so we decided to check it out.  Spoiler alert- Christopher doesn't care about amateur hockey.  He was having NONE of it, and we left before they even dropped the puck.

Saturday morning was our big Build-A-Bear trip, followed with dinner with Christopher's buddy, Flynn.  The Nugget gets a little confused when we talk about Flynn, since one of his Thomas trains is a fire truck named Flynn.  We have to clarify the boy not the train.  We met up with Flynn (the boy not the train) and his peeps at Dave & Busters.  The boys had a blast (as did the parents).  Christopher even scored enough tickets to add a new animal to his stash- this time a penguin!


You'll be my wing man right dude?

Boys on a shelf

Racing an 18-wheeler with Dad!

Build-A-Panda

With Christopher's current obsession with bears, I thought a trip to build-a-bear would be a winner with him. Pandas have recently become his favorite type of bear, so I was excited to see that you can build your own panda. The Nugget was so excited to go into the store- it was similar to his dad in a brewery! He immediately went for the Panda- not one minute of hesitation on that selection. After our bear was stuffed and "washed", I let Christopher pick out some shoes for the bear. He insisted on boots because of the "no" (translation= snow). We even made the bear a birth certificate. Christopher was responsible for naming his new friend, so he got creative and went with "Panda".