School Update

James is doing a great job at school.  He is really getting the nap time down.  Today he slept from 12:25-1:45.  He explored silly string, finished his "art prize" entry and searched for letters L&F.  When Jim picked him up a little bit of his "art prize" was still in his fingers.  I can't wait to see it.  He finished his "all about me" book and enjoyed playing with the balls in the activity room.  The most exciting thing that happened today for him was that he threw away his toothbrush.  I guess he saw everyone else cleaning up and thought that the toothbrush should go in the garbage as well.

J.J.'s 2 Year Old Checkup

After rescheduling JJ's doctors appointment twice, Jim took him in.  However, he also had Reese with him.  Super dad was flying solo to a 2 year old's doctors appointment.  This is no easy task seeing as how JJ fully recognizes the doctor's office, his doctor, and has full knowledge of what goes on there.  As Jim arrived he said that all was going well.  JJ had to get weighed (almost 31 lbs) which was no problem.  Then they wanted to measure his height so they tried to put him on a wall measuring tool and he was not to fond of it.  He would not stand still, so they then tried to put him on the scale to measure him and he screamed.  Once they got him calmed down Jim brought him into the room to wait for the doctor.  When Dr. Stutzman arrived JJ was doing well, they were talking a bit and then came the time for the shots.  Jim said, "you better get reinforcements."  Two nurses walked into the room.  You might be thinking, he's 2?  Yes he is and they needed the extra help.  Jim was over JJ's chest holding him down while holding fruit snacks above his head.  One nurse was on top of the table holding down JJ's legs.  The third person was giving the shot.  Of course he was screaming and not to happy, but after the shot he was totally fine as if nothing had happened.  Gotta love him.

Eating With Friends

Today JJ decided that when he ate he wanted to have some friends with him.  He took all of his animals and proceeded to put them on the table to face him as he sat in his highchair to eat.  Of course I grabbed my phone to take a picture.  I asked JJ to look at me and smile, hethen thought that the rest of the animals should do the same so he turned them all around to face the camera.  After I took that picture he grabbed all of his animals one more time and put them on his tray and faced them to watch him eat.  The T-Rex had the best spot overlooking the Mac n' Cheese. 

Friends for Dinner

Tonight we sat down for dinner, but JJ invited some quests to join him. After I asked him to smile for this picture he then turned around every animal to face the camera. I proceeded to take another photo, I got up to get something, came back and they were all on his tray hovering over his food. Now he always grabs some friends to join us for dinner.

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Caledonia Harvest Festival

Today we went as a family to the Caledonia Harvest Festival.  When we got there I remembered how I went last year with JJ.  Although we had fun, he was a little too small to do too much.  This year was a different story.  When we got there he immediately wanted to play on the big blow up slide and bouncer.
Jim and I both decided that the slide would probably need to be something he ventured on next year and we took him to the bouncer.  In typical JJ fashion he got in and just sat there while he took everything in.  All the kids were bouncing around him, but he didn't quite know what to do at first.  I told him that he needed to stand up and jump.  Eventually he did.  When he decided to come out he kept pointing at the giant slide, so we took him over to it.  There was a little girl that was nice enough to walk behind JJ as he climbed up the ladder to get to the top.  Once he was at the top he smiled and slid down with that little girl.  After that he was hooked.  He went up and down that slide at least 6 more times all by himself.  We decided to take a break so we went to see the horses and then James tried to catch some fish in the fish pond.  After 20 attempts, almost falling in, and getting mom wet, he finally caught 2 fish.  We put them in a bag and he brought them to his dad to show.  He was so excited.  When Jim asked him how many fish there were he said 2!!!!  After the fish JJ decorated 2 pumpkins then we saw Katie L.  the library elephant.  He was happy to look at her from a distance, but nothing more.  Reese was a little different and she struck a pose with the giant elephant.  JJ's friend Tana showed up and they tried to go ride the horse that was there, but JJ decided against it after waiting in line.  He then wanted to show Tana the slide.  So once again we waited in line, when JJ finally got up to the top he sat, and sat, and sat.  After 6 minutes or so we had to send Tana after him.  We then ventured over to the stage where they were playing music.  JJ had his first pulled pork and ate all of it!  Then we had a mini dance party in the street.  Reese even joined in and was the hit of the afternoon.  She was shakin what her mama gave her as she jammed to Michael Jackson.  That's my girl!  It was such a fun afternoon and so many wonderful memories were created in only 2 and a 1/2 hours.  Great day!!!!

JJ's First School Photos

JJ had his first school pictures taken today.  We were practicing what to do when they said smile, since recently he looks down to the ground and puts.  After I picked him up from daycare I asked him if pictures went well and he said yeah.  I asked him to show me what he did when they said smile.  He produced the biggest and cutest smile ever.  I just hope that he really did that for the pictures.  I guess we'll find out soon.  On another note he had a good day at school.  He played with window markers, zoo phonic flashcards, made a book, and played dress up.

Date Night

Tonight JJ and I had a date night.  Reese was with us too, but she can't eat our spaghetti yet.   JJ and I grabbed our spaghetti dinner and sat at his picnic table.  He grabbed a stuffed animal to sit with us, but we enjoyed slurping up our noodles with sauce.

School Update

Today JJ explored bugs with a magnifying glass.  He made a little telescope and practiced his shape flashcards.  He really enjoyed dancing today (of course).

Second Day of School

Today when Jim dropped jj off at school (daycare) he looked up at Jim with wondering eyes. Jim said that JJ looked as if he was going to cry, but immediately one of the teachers came over and got JJ involved in some activities and he was fine. We monitored him all day noticing some funny things that we saw on the web cam. When I went to pick JJ up he was sitting at a little table eating a snack with 5 other friends. He smiled at me and held up his cookie. Then another little boy said hi and JJ said hi right back with an adorable smile. I was talking with JJ's teachers and they were saying how surprised they were with how fast JJ acclimated himself. He said that he really made friends really fast and that he's very smart. When I read his report for the day I noticed that they said that he loved playing and dancing. They also said that he loved the climber. It's true, he was on that climber any chance he got.  He also explored paper and scissors, made a friend page in their book, and practiced colors.  What a big boy!

First Day of School!

Today was JJ"s first day of school.  As Jim got him ready in the morning he asked JJ if he wanted to go to school and JJ said yeah!  As he dropped him off he went and played right away with the kids.  After Jim left JJ did shed some tears the first few hours, but they gave him a lot of hugs and got him involved in activities and he was happy.  He had a difficult time staying on his bed (which we knew would happen), but it should get easier as time goes on.  He only slept for an hour today and with all the fun he had he sure was tired.  He got to explore soapy water, little people, started his "All about me book," worked on shapes and zoophonics letters L & F.  All in all I think this will be a great thing for him.  Of course he loved playing with beanie babies and dancing to music.  That's my boy!

So Smart

Tonight as I was putting dinner in the oven JJ was looking at his alphabet flashcards. All of a sudden he got so excited and showed me his card. It was the O card with a picture of an oven on it. I said JJ that card has an oven just like this oven. He shook his head yes. I told him that he was so smart and he said, "I know".