The bathroom

I think Isaac's three favorite things right now are Mommy, Daddy, and the bathroom. One day the truth prevailed when he saw me at the end of the hallway and began frantically crawling towards me with much excitement in his voice, and the biggest smile on his face. . . until he came to the bathroom. I was sitting just beyond the bathroom, so he had to pass it in order to get to me. Even before he hesitated, I was already wondering what he would do when he got there. I had a feeling that he would choose the bathroom over me, and I was right!

The real problem, however is NOT that he likes the bathroom more than me, but rather what he DOES when he is IN the bathroom! He usually goes straight for the toilet, and LOVES to splash the water all over the seat. This is gross no matter how clean the toilet water is, but it is absolutely disgusting when someone forgot to flush the toilet! (fortunately, this has not happened with #2 though. . . yet).

The other day, I was in the kitchen with Isaac, and things had gotten a little quiet. I realized Isaac had ventured off, so I went straight to the bathroom, and what is the grossest thing in the bathroom that he could possibly choose to play with? Take a good look at the picture. . . .

That's right, the TOILET BOWL CLEANER. EWWW! So GROSS! He had dumped the little holder over, so all the old gross residual toilet water had spilled all over the floor, and of course was on him. He was on his way to putting the brush in his mouth (and I don't even wanna know what he had ALREADY put in his mouth before I rescued him!)

I grabbed him as quickly as I could and threw him in the bathtub, scrubbing him down as thoroughly as possible.

A couple weeks later, we were in the bathroom and I saw a dead fly on the floor. I got a tissue and picked it up to throw it in the trash. Then I saw, out of the corner of my eye, Isaac pick up something small and put it in his mouth. it was then that I knew. I opened his mouth, and sure enough he had picked up the dead fly that had unknowingly fallen out of my tissue and put it in his mouth!! EWW! You ate THAT?? SOOO DISCUSTING!!! I really don't know which is grosser!

It's a good thing he is so cute!! And it's truly amazing that these little guys turn out okay!

Andrew's 3rd birthday

I love 3 year old's birthdays. Well, I don't know if ALL 3 year olds are this way, but both Luke and Andrew were SOOO excited about EVERYTHING they got for their birthday when they turned 3. It is the first year that they totally "get it". They look forward to the food and cake and presents for several weeks leading up to their birthday.

We usually just get them a few little things from Dollar Tree, and sometimes something a little more special from somewhere else. The rest of the family usually gets them one thing each, so they really don't get too many gifts for their birthdays, but I kinda think this helps them REALLY appreciate the things they DO get.

Since Luke had a GI Joe cake for his birthday (which all started because Jen makes amazing cakes for her kids so my kids think I should be able to do it as well), Andrew had been saying for the last several months that he wanted a "ninja Urtles cake" I kept thinking that I would just put a couple of the Ninja Turltles figures on his cake and he would be happy, and maybe he would have been. However a couple days before his birthday, he said to Max, "I don't even WANT any presents for my birthday, all I want is a Leonardo cake!" I couldn't resist those sweet eyes, so I decided to DRAW Leonardo on his cake and it turned out pretty good!
He LOVED this cake!!!

He also loved EVERY present he opened, saying things like "AW, WATA GUNs!" (even the 2nd time he opened it he was super excited - mom and Danielle both got him the exact same water guns) . Although these pictures don't really capture his excitement, he was SOO bright-eyed and smiley, showing an unbelievable amount of emotion with EVERY gift. It was just such a joy to watch! What a cutie!!


Bug catcher from Nana and Grandaddy
Charlotte's Web book