Monday, January 9, 2017

Turks & Caicos


Our flight over was EMPTY! It was crazy. We've never been on such an empty flight. Colton taking advantage of having an entire row :)







Colton met the cutest girl at the resort, Rebekah. They played together for 8 days, non stop. They played SO well together -- it was amazing for A and I! Haven't seen him get along so well with someone since Ben. 




Partly I think because of Rebekah, Colton got MUCH more adventurous in the water. Swam around with only a noodle, went in alone, etc.





'Robo arms'






Fighting each other with 'robo arms'





Colton was introduced to Speculoos. He was in love. Surprise.












Colton ate tuna nigiri (sushi) every single night.




The T&C airport was bonkers, but at least he had fun.



We were so very surprised and lucky that our flight landed in Boston despite the blizzard! However, because of the craziness at the airport, we were stuck on the plane for almost 2 hours. At that point, the blizzard was centered on Cape, so we decided to stay the night in Boston at a hotel. For being SUCH an amazing traveler, Colton got to pick dinner... he chose chocolate cake. Is anyone surprised?! This was him, in heaven, at 8:15pm (9:15 island time), eating his chocolate cake, at a restaurant, after having no nap. TROOPER.


Friday, December 23, 2016

December

December.. and the start of the holiday season. We had a few unseasonably warm days.. snow.. and we're back to warm-ish again!



Broke out the bugaboo sleeping bag for a bit. 




Shorts on December 1st. 


Colton is so into projects right now. Crafting a gingerbread house :)


Colton has gotten super into playing at the gym during my class - loves these three kiddos.. and their mama. 


Story time at the library - MSPCA comes 1 day/month


Trash Day? Lawn Day? Either way, he'll be glued to the windows.


So into books. I love it.


This is his fireman costume... his fire hat and my belt around his chest. Ha.


50 cent squirt bottle - still going strong years later.


morning reading


throwback aww :)


Colton and Riva have become very close.


catching snow flakes. loved it...


...and missed bedtime. so sweet. 



dirty! all the time. boy boy boy.


thanks for the jeep, big papi. he wants to be on it 24/7


cutest snow angel you ever did see!


these three - glued together.


train mania. 


visiting dad at work :) he was really interested in why dad had to wear a hat.

Lego Land




Wednesday, November 23, 2016

3

I still try and keep a running list of the funny things Colton says... Been saving some of these for a while, so here goes.

Colton tells some sort of poop joke (who knows what), looks at me, I don't laugh, and he says, 'Ma, Riva says she likes my poop jokes, so that's why'

'I have too much hair in my armpit - I can't eat my dinner.'

He says 'real play' instead of 'replay'

He says 'aminal' instead of 'animal'

'Tause' instead of pause

'Coffeeing me' instead of 'copying me'

When he's done something messy or bad, 'Ma, just don't look right now.'

'He's coo coo' or 'He's cray cray'

He points out ALL the donut signs (Dunkin') and they're EVERYWHERE. Of course he is obsessed with donuts and also usually asks for one too.

He just recently stopped talking about him, but for quite some time, he had a 'Mississippi friend.' He would tell stories about him and his 'Mississippi friend' and Ma and Da were never there. He also had a 'worker man.' We found out late he was meaning co-worker. He still refers to his imaginary worker man though :)

'I want to be a jet ski when I grow up'

'I'm out of breath. I need to brush my teeth.'

Walking down the street in Portugal with his mouth open. I asked him what he was doing. He said, 'letting the energy out!'

'How bout I love you and the mostest and you love me the mostest and that's more beeeeettttterrrrr.' -- he says this all the time and it's the cutest thing. I wish you could here his intonation.

There's a welcome sign in Centerville that has a pineapple on it. We drive by often and Colton always talks about the pineapple store - haha'

'This yard stick is for yarding bushes.'

'Essentially there's no cars.' -- Essentially?! Really?!

'I'm assuming...' --- just surprises me when he says things like that!

Before going somewhere one day, I had packed him snacks or lunch. We got in the car and of course he immediately asks for food. I said no.. we had JUST gotten in the car! He responds by saying, 'First of all, I'm hungry. Second of all, I saw you pack my lunch and put it in your bag.' HA! Touche, kid.

'Did you know....' and he goes on to tell you something random that may or may not be true. For instance, 'did you know turkeys float?'

'I want a baby so I can pet him.'

'I'm a big man, Ma. I don't do gentle.'

Puts his hands on his hips a lot. It's so funny.

Went through a stage recently where he added -ed on the end of everything. It's like he was trying to figure out how to do past tense. It was very cute. And very cool to see him try to figure it out.

With all the election commercials on.. He calls Trump, Obama. And he calls him our 'princess' instead of our president! HA!

 

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Halloween 2016 -- Baltimore

We headed back to Baltimore so C could have Halloween for the fourth year in a row with his buddies. He was a fisherman and Jackson was a shark -- everyone was adorable. We got to celebrate two nights - one at the SoBo Riverside Halloween Bash (Sunday night) and then the annual Halloween party and trick-or-treating in Federal Hill on Monday.

 all four years!

 fishing in the city




 at the stoop in our old 'hood - making smores and loving his life


 the whole gang


fishing pole not pictured. oh well.