Curious George

We started off last weekend by joining a family friend and her grandsons at McWane to see Curious George and play with the kiddos. Connor has been to McWane once before and recognized all the fun toys as soon as we arrived. Unfortunately, he prefers the LITE BRITE to just about anything else - including Curious George. Connor refused to stand in a line of like 4 people to see CG. He HAD to go play with the LITE BRITE. So, my hopes of getting a CG and CG photo op were dashed . . . but the boys had a wonderful time playing. Of course, I still have this one
Davis and Isaac are such sweet brothers! They of course patiently waited in line and got a pic with CG. Davis is giving CG a hi-5 - adorable!
Then the boys played at the Itty Bitty Magic City - all toys and stations just for their size!
Connor and Isaac

Connor running to the next station at Itty Bitty Magic City - too much fun!

Our Future Accountants . . .


Connor LOVES Legos

Connor driving his car - not looking at the road and checking out the little girl driving next to him - TROUBLE!

Stayed tuned . . . Circus this weekend!

Our Sweet Boy

This post is skipping over the past few days but I can't wait to blog about that and miss out on sharing these adorable pics of Connor. It has been warm here - HOT even for January (70 yesterday) and 60 today. We were outside in our front yard "playing" when Connor started pointing and shouting "Moon!"

Connor has also been a kissing bandit. You may remember him kissing Mary Casen a few months ago. That set him off on a kissing rampage. He will kiss you when asked . . . and sometimes he will initiate (which is sooo sweet!) and it just melts my heart. This morning I caught him practicing in the mirror . . . hilariously cute! Notice he has his hair brush in his hand - he was also brushing his hair - which he likes to do - although he doesn't actually brush it. He thinks he does - which is fun.



We had brunch this morning at Another Broken Egg for my aunt's belated birthday celebration - belated since I was deathly ill earlier this week. It was good . . . but not as good as Eggspectations (back in Maryland) . . . which reminds me we need to post our Top 10 lists soon. We have a rough list of things that we prefer here and things we miss from Baltimore. Coming soon (I hope) . . . Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Free Tip on How to Jump Start Your Diet . . .

Come to my house and try to pick up the virus I caught last Saturday night - which honestly lasted until this morning. Uggh. It was a nasty virus but did help jump start my diet! Since I have been out of commission I have been trying to catch up on chores, etc. More pics and facts about the weekend hopefully to come soon. Stay tuned . . .

17 Months Old . . .

17 months is nearly 1 1/2 years, right? So, I figured I was WAAAYY late in actually parting with the bathtub Connor has played/ bathed in since he was born. Seriously, not sure if I was just lazy or overprotective (probably BOTH). Anyway, 2 nights ago, I took out the baby bathtub (which he barely was fitting into) and placed a nice, new white tub mat in his bathtub, filled the tub with warm soapy water and all his toys, and then tried to put Connor in. He WAS NOT pleased. I was shocked - and truly laughed a little at him. This wasn't the first time he has been in a big bathtub. After getting Connor to stand in the tub and play with the toys, he eventually sat down and loved bathtime again! Thank goodness. It was actually his longest bath to-date (9 whole minutes!) So, just because he can brush his teeth "all by himself" and feed himself with a spoon (with supervision) . . . doesn't mean he is ready for the big boy bathtub, I guess. Although night #2 went very smoothly.


Now for some 17 month photos . . . (don't mind the mess)

Connor loves riding his pony - this pony is hilarious - a gift from his Godmother - it sings "I'm a little pony" when you push his ears - Connor clearly loves this pony. Occasionally he will just play the pony song and dance - rather than going to all the trouble of riding him.

Hoops

Connor received a big boy basketball goal from his Pop Pop and Grandma for Christmas this year. It has been sitting downstairs in the box for a few weeks. This morning after doing my new 2010 workout (elliptical and abs - exciting, I know - but I do watch 90210 DVDs while grinding out 20 minutes of cardio) I decided I had a few minutes extra to assemble the goal. Well, 10 minutes later I was still struggling with the darn thing. I acutally enjoy putting toys, furniture, etc together (unlike Colin) so I was frustrated that I wasn't instantly successful at this venture. Later this morning while Connor was playing with his 1875 other toys I managed success! Shocking that Connor made his first basket on his first attempt. Like father, like son. Which reminds me of this old photo . . .
nearly one year ago . . . and now today . . .

Saturday Away . . .

Colin and I headed out early to Atlanta on Saturday to see Duke play Georgia Tech.  Duke was favored to win but ended up losing a close game.  The arena was super small and cozy.  The fans were all so nice and we had a great time.  Afterwards we headed out to see Colin’s friends from college and my cousin Taylor.  We got up early this morning and got back to Birmingham just in time to watch the Ravens beat up on the Patriots!!  It was a great game to watch (from the warmth of our den . . . i.e. not outside).  Connor enjoyed spending time with JoJo and Big Daddy.  Here is a pic from our seats at the game (2nd to last row – but really good seats)

and some of Connor showing off how he can “talk” on the phone – he loves Colin’s cell phone – he has the right idea – just turns the phone backwards and usually upside down. 

Testing, 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . .

Just a test to see how Windows Live Writer works – see if I like it – see if it is worth all the hype – here are some pics of Connor enjoying his new Curious George in a Box – He adores this toy from his Aunt NJ – Unfortunately, when he opened the toy Colin initially taught him to press the button on top (i.e. he didn’t teach Connor to wind the arm to play the music and watch CG “POP” out at the appropriate time).  I eventually showed Connor how to properly operate the toy – and he tries most of the time to wind the toy – but occasionally he just pushes the pop button – oh well . . . at least he is having fun right?