It started with the circus on Thursday, July 24, followed by Andrew’s birthday party on Saturday, July 26, then Jack’s birthday party on Sunday, July 27, Andrew’s birthday party at school on Monday, July 28, two evening work events for me the week of the 28th , my mom’s birthday Thursday, July 31 (which we celebrated on Sunday), Diana’s birthday celebration on Friday, August 1 and the Wiggles on Sunday August 3. Phew! I am traveling to Chicago for work this week and this weekend we will be departing for our long awaited V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N! Double phew! Yeah!
You can read all about Andrew’s birthday and his party and see photos in the next post (coming soon) because such important events require their own posts!
You may have wondered where the circus theme for Andrew’s party originated, and I am happy to shed some light on the subject.
Every year Ringling Brothers comes to town right around Andrew’s birthday and it has become a tradition to attend each and every year with our friend Ryan and his daughter Madeleine. We buy what I think are expensive tickets ($38), but we get to sit in the second row (this year was fourth row (we bought the tickets late), but who’s counting) and the kids love it. Andrew got really excited this year when he got a poster in the mail from Ringling Brothers advertising the circus so we put it on the cork board in his room and the idea for the circus party was born. I am happy to report that both of my boys seem to love the circus and neither has had any sort of an adverse reaction to clowns. So far so good!
We also had the opportunity to go see Andrew’s favorite “musicians” at the Toyota Center – The Wiggles! Andrew seemed to really enjoy the show but Tyler was not as engaged. I attribute this to the stage proximity. We watched the Wiggles concert from one of the suites (poor us!) and while it was a great view, it was not 4th row at the circus where they are practically doing the show right on top of you / in front of you / around you. He was too distracted by all of the fun / danger (i.e. stairs / drop offs) to be had in the suite. Overall, it was a fun show and it was great to see the boys singing and dancing to the music.
Tyler seems to be back to his normal self, which I attribute to him being totally healthy right now. Plus he has several new teeth which were bothering him but now he seems to be putting to good use because his appetite is back. The best part is that his perpetual good moods are back! He is approaching the 18 month mark and while he is not doing a lot of talking yet (at least not words we understand), he completely understands everything we tell him to do and he will follow our instructions. One of his favorite things to do is to go to our room to get his shoes. He will just carry them around the house until you put them on his feet. He loves sitting in his blue chair to drink his milk and he gave me a look the other day because Indy was in his chair! He is also my bruiser - last week he had a black eye and a huge bruise on his forehead. Good thing our family photos are next week!
Andrew seems more grown up every single day. His vocabulary and sentences are getting more advanced and he is very good at expressing himself. The other day Mom Mom was supposed to pick him up from school but because of the impending bad weather, she called in the morning to cancel. I had to tell him that I was going to be picking him up (I did this over the phone) and he responded, "No, mommy, Mom Mom is going to pick me up and then you pick me up FROM Mom Mom's house." I tried to explain again and he didn't want to hear it so I told him that he could call Mom Mom and ask her. As soon as he handed the phone back to Doug he said, "Daddy, we need to call Mom Mom." He was so determined and it was really cute because he wasn't being whiny about it but very matter-of-fact.
As a side note, I get so mad at myself when I think of cute stories to share about the boys and then forget them by the time I get to the computer. I have started emailing myself my ideas from my blackberry as not to forget them!
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