Spring break: day 3

On Wednesday, we went to the park right behind our house.  We are ao blessed that you don't even have to cross a street to get to our park.  It's in our backyard.  I took Charlie on a really long leash so that he could run.  He loved it.

In the afternoon, we took a nap.  My favorite :) 

I just absolutely love being home with him all day.  We had such a great time. 

Spring Break: Day 2

 For day 2 of spring break, we took a walk!  Obviously, that didn't take all day, but it was the highlight of the day.  Both Logan and Charlie were excited to get out of the house.

 There is a little pond near our house and Logan loves to throw rocks into it.  I was surprised when he threw rocks and they actually reached the water.  Last year, he couldn't throw that far.  When I mentioned it to him, he acted like he had always been able to reach the pond and didn't remember a time when he couldn't.

 Logan has been obsessed with the movie "Frozen" lately.  So yesterday, Elsa was our imaginary friend all day.  She moved in with us.  On our walk, I started singing songs from the movie and Logan said, "Mom, stop it.  You're embarrassing me."  Well, okay then.  I guess he's reached the age where he can be embarrassed by his mother :(  Of course, I just sang louder.

 In the afternoon, I caught him resting in his bed with Captain Hook.  When Logan just saw this picture that I was going to post, he said, "Mom, you took a picture of me while I was sleeping?  Don't you know that's privacy?"  Oh my.  This boy.  Maybe I'll have to stop posting pictures of his due to his privacy and the fact that I'm embarrassing him!!!

Day two was a great success!  I truly enjoy being at home with my little boy.  What a blessing!!!

Spring Break: Day 1

What you can't see in this picture is the fact that he had m&ms all over his face.  He's drinking a Mt. Dew.  And holding a tennis (?) racket.  This is how we roll for spring break.

I'm pretty sure he has no idea what spring break means, but he was so excited about it.  He was excited that he didn't have to go to school and excited that YESTERDAY, HE TURNED 5 1/2. 

This morning, he woke up earlier than he would on a school day and said, "Mom, it's spring break.  We can sleep in!"  And then he said, "We can snuggle."  But I had to go to work.  I know that some day, spring break will mean breaking away from mom and dad for a week, but for now, I appreciate the snuggles.  For the record, even though I did have to go to work, I managed to sneak in a few seconds of snuggles.

He spent the day at our house with Ol' Ma.  I wanted to get a picture of them together, but I forgot.  Today he told her "I will always love you."  Or something like that. It was sweet.  I love seeing the two of them together. 

I am off work the rest of the week.  And to say I'm excited would be the understatement of the century.  I'm ready to spend a few days with my boy. 

When the Pants Won't Button

"Mom, Mr. Atchley (vice principal) wanted me to give you a message - no more jeans?"  

"What??? Why?" 

"I don't know, that's all he said."

I tried to figure out what was going on, so I had Logan demonstrate to me that he does, in fact, know how to button his jeans and he did fine.

So, I texted the vp because he also happens to be my brother and I just asked him if Logan was trying to be difficult and make Mr. Atchley button his pants every day. 

VP called me back rather than text to explain the situation.  Apparently, Logan had to be talked to previously because he likes to lift his shirt above his head.  And then, he likes to leave his pants unbuttoned.  He told Mr. Atchley that his pants were too tight....umm, no.  Logan's waste is so small that he can wear size 2 pants if it weren't for his height.  So, I KNOW that his pants were not too tight. Mr. Atchley told him that if his pants were too tight, he needed to talk to his mom about that. 

At the time I was talking on the phone, Logan was sitting on the couch, wearing said jeans, with his knees folded and basically touching his chin.  I don't know about you, but when my jeans are tight, I don't exactly have that kind of range of motion. 

Anyways, so I assure Uncle Dave that we will talk to Logan about keeping his clothes on appropriately. 

When I got off the phone, I checked Logan's pants and he had more than enough breathing room.  I told him to push his stomach out like he has a baby in his tummy...an he did, and he still had room in his pants. 

So, I ask him "did you tell uncle Dave that your pants were too tight?"  

Logan's response, "oh, you know me, always telling stories."

All the Cool Kids Wear Glasses

Skating

At the beginning of January, my nieces had a birthday party at a skating rink.  It was Logan's first time.  He wasn't thrilled.  He gave it a chance and didn't love it. 

Me:  Logan, don't you like skating? 

Logan:  Nah, I just like doing my Logan thang.

 I gave it my best shot and skated as much as I could...I'm old.  And out of shape.  I fell once (and only once because I immediately took my skates off after that) and hit pretty hard.  Two weeks later, and I'm still sore. 

These two -- Best Friends.  I LOVE it.

New Year

We spent New Year's Eve our favorite way - at home.  We were in bed by probably 10:30 or so, but not before we did some celebrating. 

We all drank some "fancy juice" (sparkling grape juice) from our "fancy glasses."

 

 

And we made some noise.

And I've already messed up on my New Year's Resolution to post at least twice a week here.  We'll see if I can do better moving forward!