Busy, busy, busy

So after Thursday's success, we decided to celebrate. Thomas and I went to the pool on Friday for the morning. We spent about 2 1/2 hours there.....we even ate lunch pool side. The pool we went to is a zero entry pool and only gets about 3 feet deep in the two swimming lanes. There is a huge curved part that is starts at 0 and gets only to about 2 feet deep. The kids can walk around and play with no worries. Fridays are Mommy and Me or Daddy and Me days - no one over the age of 5 is admitted. It turns out that 4 other kids from our playgroup had the same idea - we all spent the morning together.

The weekend has been fun and busy as usual. Last night, however, things began to change. The coughing started soon after Thomas went to bed and lasted throughout the night. The runny nose started today. There's so much sneezing all over this house we may never get it decontaminated! The plan for the afternoon is a trip to Kroger for clorox wipes, hand sanitizer refill and kleenex. So, moral of the story is....playgroup is fun, but snot is gross.

Hmm.....could be the title of my bestseller!

Whew! A better day

Thomas teared up in the car when he realized we were going to camp. I almost did too! We got to school and he was fine, but started crying when we got to the door. His original teacher (from the first 2 weeks) was in the classroom and she swooped right in and distracted him. I called a while later to see if he was okay and he was doing fine. When I picked him up this afternoon they said a few tears, but a great day overall. In fact, he ate all his lunch and was trying to steal crackers from the kid next to him. They had to give him some goldfish he was so hungry! Too bad this was the last day- hahahaha. He's currently in napland and all is well.

Tears....his and mine!

So today was going to be better for Thomas at camp. He was excited to go, he wanted to carry his lunchbox, we laughed all the way to school. And then, 2 steps before the door of the classroom......BAM......the tears began. I had to pry him off my legs and try to sound chipper as I headed for the door. That was a terrible, horrible, awful feeling. I called after about 30 minutes to make sure he had settled down. They said he was okay, but was looking really tired. I knew he was up before 6:30 today, so I told them I'd come pick him up 30 or 45 minutes early. I didn't hear anything else from them. When I picked him up, he started crying as soon as he saw me. Apparently he again cried on and off while he was in the classroom, and anytime another kid cried, he did too. He did better on the playground. He was sighing and sniffling all the way home. When we got home, I checked his lunch and found out he didn't eat much. We finished that up and tried to wind down a little bit. He kept leaning against me, saying, "home", "home" and then smiling at me. Good grief....I gotta do this again on Thursday?

Sent home from Camp

A new milestone - sent home from camp before he's even 2 years old. Apparently today was not a good day. I got a call about noon that Thomas had been crying on and off for a while, only wanted to sit in his teacher's lap, wouldn't do the art project and was at that time refusing to eat lunch. Whew.... what a change. He loves camp- when I tell him it's camp day, he walks to the door, grabs for his bookbag and says, "Bye". He must feel pretty yucky to give up anytime at that fun place ;-)

He's been super tired all the time the last couple of days - he's up early, or sleeps really late (which means he was up in the night), he's not napping very long and he's been kinda cranky. Our guess is that after all these new teeth get in, we'll go back to normal - whatever the heck that is - hahahaha! Thomas heads back to camp next week - hopefully it'll be a better time for him! After that his Grandmommy and Grandaddy come to visit and then we head to Columbia for some time with Gammie and Pop. We'll be in spoiled rotten detox for a week after all that- LOL!

Commercial material?

Thanks to Tom for getting this video edited and ready to post ;-) When we went to see my parents they taught Thomas a mosquito commercial they used to see at the drive in.....a mosquito tells everyone the product doesn't work... as he dies. Thomas thinks it's a hoot and is guaranteed to perform whenever we say it!

Two new teeth!

So the teeth are on the move again. Thomas woke up with some new teeth today.....that might explain his terrible sleep the last few days and the follow up marathon snooze until 7:30 this fine AM.

Botanical Gardens

We took Thomas to the Botanical Gardens today (can I get an Amen for Tom's summer vacation?). We had a great time and are seriously considering joining. They have a Children's Garden that is outstanding and Thomas had a ball. He especially loved the slides.

Going up up up



And down........



Posing on a dinosaur's back



In other news, Thomas is getting new teeth. These teeth, much like every single other one he has ever grown may NNNNNEEEEEVVVVVVEEEEERRRRR get here. They will, however, significantly shorten naps and cause early morning awakenings. These are not good things in my humble opinion. Did I mention that Tom's summer vacation is happening right now (can I get an AMEN?) so at least we can tag team him!

Happy Fourth!