Randomness

Ryan's had a busy couple of weeks. He is really loving gymnastics and swim class lately. Swim class has become his absolute favorite thing to do these days. Every night he ask to go to swim class and anytime we are packing up to leave, that is where he thinks he is headed. He actually has become a little over confident in the pool, so I am having to really drill it in his head about pool safety. He loves Miss Eileen and showing off his new skills of blowing bubbles, jumping off the tower, and using his kick sticks by himself.

We went to a birthday party a few weeks ago at a place called Noah's Ark and he had a blast. He jumped right in and took off. He had no fear and eventually was doing the big kid slide all by himself. It is the perfect place for toddlers because the entire pool is never more than 1 ft. deep. We will definitely be going back this summer!

We met Ashley and Alex at Discovery Green a weeks ago to play in the fountains. I thought Ryan wasn't going to be a huge fan because they spray realllly hard and he didn't care much for splash pads last summer, but after watching Alex for a minute, he ran in and loved it. This was of course until he smacked his chin on the wall and fell on his head. He bounced right back though. He finished up with a corn dog (this boy LOVES corn dogs).

Ryan had his maybe 5th haircut a few weeks ago and this was the first time he didn't go absolutely crazy. He was tempted to cry at the beginning, but he learned that a lollipop and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse could divert his attention. He only went haywire when the clippers came out to trim his neck. He did NOT like those, but I guess I can't blame him.

We were supposed to go to Ryan's second cousin, Will's, 2nd birthday party on Friday, but with it being the last day of MDO combined with the heat, we didn't quite make it in time. Well, I had told him that morning we would be going to a birthday party after school and I have now learned my lesson never to tell him about a birthday party if there is a remote possibility of it not happening. His heart was so broken, I don't think I have ever seen him so upset. He was devastated and cried for about 20 minutes nonstop. So I took him to get a chocolate milkshake instead which I think kind of smoothed things over. Poor guy.

We also had a wonderful Mother's Day this past weekend. Other than me having the world's worst sinus infection and laying around like a bump on a log, it was a lot of fun. We had lunch at my parents and dinner with Wes' mom and family. Wes also surprised me with a Flip camera which I am so excited about because Ryan always freezes up around our big video camera and at least with this one he thinks it is a phone. Plus I can keep it with me all the time and try to capture more of his craziness. Well, this past week marked the end of his frist year of MDO (tear!), I'll have to update with some pics in another post!

The next Bieber

More of our crazy boy

I know I just recently did a post on all of the funny things Ryan has been saying and doing lately, but it just never stops and I really don't want to forget it. I know all toddlers say ridiculous stuff, you just can't make this up!

Here are a couple of his recent one-liners that he says on a daily basis:

When someone comes over or when Wes comes home....
Good to see you, Daddy!

Also he is now kind of learning his weekly schedule and what he does, as well as what days Wes is home or at school. So every morning when he gets up, he asks me is Daddy is home and when I say at work, he always says
Daddy going to be home in a lil bit, alright?

When he is playing and messes something up or drops something, etc.
That not good

He seriously knows where we live. When we get within about 2-3 minutes of our house, he screams
Almost home!!!!

He loves to describe things
Soooooo cold; Too heavy; So dark outside

He has been obsessed with the rain lately since we have finally had a lot and now after it rains or it is drizzling, he walks outside and says
Just a lil bit of rain

His absolute favorite thing right now has definitely been him mimicking me because I will always tell him he can do something for 2 more minutes and then we have to go do fill in the blank. So now anytime he wants to do something or want you to do something, he knows just what to say
Mommy, get on bed and snuggy buggy, 2 more minutes (when he wants to cuddle and I'm usually busy - melts my heart so of course I give in)

His favorite little game right now is when people are sitting on the couches, chairs, you name it. When someone gets up, he loves to run over and climb in the seat and yell
Get in Mommy's spot (immediately followed by) Why you do that? (because we always ask him why he takes our spot)
He cracks himself up and thinks it is seriously the funniest thing in the world.

He is really into money right now, too. He loves counting it, throwing it in fountains, putting it in piggy banks. Already a little miser.

A couple of things he is loving right now is crossing his fingers. He thinks he is pretty cool and loves to walk around the house with his fingers crossed and show other people. He also is very into whispering. He'll sing in a whisper, have conversations with himself, or just when he is trying to be cute. He HATES holes in socks. It is funny because I think he thinks that pockets in pants/shorts are holes (which I guess they kind of are), so now any hole is called a holepocket. He'll point to holes in socks and yell "Holepocket, dirty, take off." I think daddy and mommy need new socks. But his favorite  thing of all at the moment is singing. He knows every single song I can think of and sings at the top of his lungs all day long. It never stops. I am having a super hard time trying to upload this video, so I think I am going to upload from Youtube in a separate post. Stay tuned!