A Trophy

Spencer squeezed past the barricade through the kitchen, and into the laundry room. He tossed the box of garbage bags to the floor and pulled a prize from a second box. Then I watched from across the room as he toddled back, holding his prize up high in the air. He squeezed back through the barricade and went straight to the hall to play with toys and enjoy his special treat. Yes, a dog biscuit.

(Hope you enjoy these pictures, Uncle Matt!) :)

Potty Time

This "Cars" mat and every car that is on it represent one pee in the potty. I was pretty sure that this was gonna work....it didn't. He gets how works and he is really good at stripping naked and climbing up on the potty himself with out a potty chair or stool (This is good), but beyond that, he feels no need to use the potty. Diapers work just fine, thanks. Urggh.
PS I think Derek has just as much fun as Andrew playing with the cars...maybe even more.

Little Walker

Finally, I took the time take video of this major milestone. "Spencer walkin'!!!" as Andrew says. This clip was taken with our digital camera, so it's not great quality, and there is no audio, but I really wanted all of you that live far away to share in this fun time.

Mom's Work Never Done

My Sister sent me this very funny clip about what moms say. I hope you laugh like I did!

Spencer at Grandma's

Spencer most definitely feels at home here at Grandma's house. He feels free to explore every nook and cranny that exists. He loves to empty the lower kitchen cabinets. Especially the one with tupperware and the one with cookie cutters, they both make a good mess. He also has discovered that if he can make it all the way to the laundry room, there is a box of dog treats as a prize! yum. Here is a picture of him inside of Grandma's toy cupboard. Just looking for all the best toys.

Playhouse Disney LIVE!

I realize this is not the best picture but you can see that it is the stage and that they had cool lighting, ;) I forgot to take extra batteries for the camera, so I wasted precious battery time on this picture before the show even started. shucks.
I have to say that the entire arena was transformed into Disney "land." From the moment we entered the main door we were bombarded with various Disney merchandise. We went to find a restroom and our seats and look at all the fun stuff they were selling so we were walking around for about 15 minutes before we ever entered the arena. Andrew was in heaven! They had a booth were you could take a picture with Handy Manny in front of "Sheetrock Hills" and lots of other booths to buy souvenir drinks, popcorn and toys. I knew I wasn't going to get out of buying a special toy so I let Andrew pick one. He chose a guitar from Little Einsteins! He loves it. He was "strumming" and singing though the entire show! Now he calls it his Disney.
Now, for my two sense about the show...
It was cute. I had just as much fun watching Andrew watch the show as the show itself. He was amazed with it all along the way. I have to say they did a great job with Handy Manny and the tools. The guy playing Manny was perfect. Of course Tigger and Pooh were a hit, and the girl doing Darby was so good too. You can't really go wrong with the original Disney characters for MMClubhouse. Now we come to Little Einsteins. I was really not impressed at all with them. It is such a cute show, but they had grown adults dressed in kids clothes and that was about it. I guess when it comes to Disney, they have a pretty big reputation and this just didn't seem to match up to the rest of the show.
I'm still really happy we went and that Andrew was feeling better. It was a great date!

Sick Days & Disney

A couple weeks ago I heard an ad on the radio for Playhouse Disney Live on tour. That is all of Andrew's favorite TV shows (Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Handy Manny, My Friends Tigger & Pooh and of course the Little Einstiens) and I thought he would love it! Then I looked at the ticket prices! eek. In true Disney fashion they were way too much money for a kids show. Since I really wanted Andrew to go we decided to just get 2 tickets for a mommy & me "date." Grandma agreed to watch Spencer and since the US airways Arena is right my Derek's office I knew how to get that far. We bought tickets for an 11AM show on Wednesday.
Then Andrew woke up Monday morning with a fever and he was cranky! I joked that I would still take him to the show unless he got "really bad." When he woke up Tuesday morning it was really bad. He was barking like a seal and could hardly breathe in between the barks. I took him right in to the pediatrician that morning and sure enough it was a nasty case of croup. I thought for sure we were gonna have to pass on the Disney show, but decided not to give the tickets away just yet, I would make the decision Wed morning.
Well, Wed Andrew slept in extra long and woke up happy. We went to the Show!! Yeah! He did so good! he didn't even cough once the entire time. He loved the show..more about that in the next entry.